🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

고안하다

Pronunciation / Transliteration: goanhada

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Devise/dɪˈvaɪz/
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"우리는 새로운 해결책을 고안해야 합니다."

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2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To plan, invent, or bring into being by careful thought and conceptualization.

    "The engineers managed to devise a new system for recycling wastewater efficiently."
As noun
  1. 1

    A legal term referring to the disposition of real property by a will.

    "The estate was distributed according to the specific devise outlined in the final testament."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Originating from the Late Latin dividere (meaning 'to divide'), the term passed through Old French deviser ('to divide, distribute, plan, or talk over'). Entering the English language in the 14th century, it initially meant to divide or dispose of property by will, eventually broadening to include the mental creation, invention, or plotting of plans and mechanisms.

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