## Meanings
1. An object used to make music, such as a piano or guitar.
2. A tool used for careful or precise work, especially in science or medicine.
3. A device for measuring or showing something.
4. An official or legal document such as a contract.

## Examples
- The violin is her favorite instrument.
- The dentist laid out her instruments on the tray.
- The pilot checked the instruments before takeoff.
- The lawyer prepared the legal instrument for both parties to sign.

## Synonyms
- implement
- machine
- tool
- utensil

## Derived Forms
- bioinstrument
- hyperinstrument
- instrumentary
- instrumentation
- instrumentist
- instrumentive
- instrumentlike
- instrumently
- microinstrument
- reinstrument

## Related Forms
- construe
- instrumental

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: instrument
- Root: īnstrūmentum

## Etymology
From Middle English instrument, from Old French instrument, from Latin īnstrūmentum (“an implement, tool”), From īnstruō (“build, construct; arrange”) + -mentum.

## AI Etymology
Instrument comes from Middle English instrument, from Old French instrument, from Latin īnstrūmentum (“an implement, tool”), From īnstruō (“build, construct; arrange”) + -mentum. The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern nominal form is built from the named base and affix.

## Topics
- Tools, Machines & Construction

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