English-Italian translations for instrument

• strumento
  Uno strumento importante, ma soltanto questo: uno strumento. An important instrument, but only that: an instrument.
  Le quote sono uno strumento rigido. Quotas are a rigid instrument.
  E' uno strumento, benché importante. It is an instrument, but an important one.
• accordare
  Per tale motivo posso davvero accordare a questo strumento il mio pieno sostegno. For that reason I can indeed give this instrument my wholehearted support.
  Bisogna accordare uno status speciale all'agricoltura, che consenta di adottare misure speciali e strumenti adeguati da applicare in caso di crisi alimentari. Agriculture should be given a special status which will allow special action to be taken and appropriate instruments to be applied in the event that food crises occur.
  Vorrei accordare il mio sostegno alla proposta della Commissione per l’istituzione di uno strumento giuridico comunitario quale il gruppo europeo di cooperazione territoriale. I would like to express my support for the Commission proposal on establishing a Community legal instrument in the form of the European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation.
• arnese
• strumento musicale
  La tecnologia è rappresentata da un computer o da uno strumento musicale, talora da una sedia a rotelle, quale mezzo per sviluppare una competenza. Technology is represented by a computer or a musical instrument, perhaps by a wheelchair, as a means to develop a skill.

Definition of instrument

• A device used to produce music
• A means or agency for achieving an effect
• A measuring or displaying device
• A tool, implement used for manipulation or measurement
• A legal document, such as a contract, deed, trust, mortgage, power, indenture, or will
• A person used as a mere tool for achieving a goal
• To apply measuring devices
• To perform upon an instrument; to prepare for an instrument

Examples

• The violinist was a master of her instrument
• The instrument detected an increase in radioactivity
• The dentist set down his tray of instruments
• The scientist recorded the temperature with a thermometer but wished he had a more accurate instrument
• A bond indenture is the instrument that gives a bond its value
• Negotiable instruments are the foundation of the debt markets
• a sonata instrumented for orchestra

Related words

• instrumental
• instrumentate
• instruments
• instrumentalist
• instrumentality
• instrumentally
• instrumentation
• instrumentalism
• multi-instrumentalist