Instrumentality

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The state or quality of being instrumental.
  • n. A means; an agency.
  • n. A subsidiary branch, as of a government, by means of which functions or policies are carried out.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The quality or condition of being instrumental; serving a purpose, being useful.
  • n. (law) A governmental organ with a specific purpose.
  • n. Something that is instrumental; an instrument
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The quality or condition of being instrumental; that which is instrumental; anything used as a means; medium; agency.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The state or character of being instrumental; subordinate or auxiliary agency; agency of anything as means to an end.
  • n. An instrumental means or agency; something serving as an instrument; as, preaching is the great instrumentality in the spread of religion.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a subsidiary organ of government created for a special purpose
  • n. an artifact (or system of artifacts) that is instrumental in accomplishing some end
  • n. the quality of being instrumental for some purpose
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    unit    social unit    usefulness    utility   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    medium    agency    agent    contribution   
    Verb Stem
    instrument   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    assemble