instrumentality

C2 Topic:Abstract Ideas

US /ˌɪnstrəmɛnˈtælɪti/ UK /ˌɪnstɹʊmɛnˈtælɪti/ See IPA manual

Freq #118439

Meanings

1

noun
The condition or quality of being instrumental; being useful; serving a purpose.

In a later vision the Saviour revealed to her in detail the 'great design' which he wished to establish through her instrumentality.
2

noun
Something that is instrumental; an instrument.

He spoke of the various instrumentalities which were now employed for the conversion of the world.
3

noun
A governmental organ with a specific purpose.

Any work in which the copyright was ever owned or administered by the Alien Property Custodian and in which the restored copyright would be owned by a government or instrumentality thereof, is not a restored work.
4

noun
an artifact (or system of artifacts) that is instrumental in accomplishing some end

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Synonyms

4 noun · an artifact (or system of... instrumentation

Etymology

From instrumental + -ity.

Topics

Abstract Ideas Word Formation & Derivatives

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# instrumentality

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˌɪnstrəmɛnˈtælɪti/
**IPA (UK):** /ˌɪnstɹʊmɛnˈtælɪti/
**Frequency rank:** 118439

## Meanings
1. The condition or quality of being instrumental; being useful; serving a purpose.
2. Something that is instrumental; an instrument.
3. A governmental organ with a specific purpose.
4. an artifact (or system of artifacts) that is instrumental in accomplishing some end

## Examples
- In a later vision the Saviour revealed to her in detail the 'great design' which he wished to establish through her instrumentality.
- He spoke of the various instrumentalities which were now employed for the conversion of the world.
- Any work in which the copyright was ever owned or administered by the Alien Property Custodian and in which the restored copyright would be owned by a government or instrumentality thereof, is not a restored work.

## Etymology
From instrumental + -ity.

## Topics
- Abstract Ideas
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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