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Instrument's is the possessive form of instrument.

An instrument is a tool or device for precise work—surgical instruments, measuring instruments—or a device for making music: The instrument's tone mellowed with age.

Figuratively, a person can be an instrument of another's will.

The possessive marks ownership or association: the instrument's case, the instrument's range.

surgical

scalpel

Precise surgical knife

suture · sterilization · tray · handle · blade · scissors · needle · probe · tweezer · speculum

scientific

calibration

Adjusting for measurement accuracy

gauge · sensor · probe · dial · accuracy · apparatus · laboratory · data · scale · meter

legal

document

Written or electronic file

deed · contract · binding · notarization · terms · validity · parties · witness · seal · provisions

agency

tool

Device for a task

agent · conduit · facilitator · channel · catalyst · medium · device · apparatus · leverage · enabler

musical

strings

Thin flexible lines

  • keysLock-operating instruments
  • bowRespectful forward inclination
  • tuningAdjusting pitch accuracy

tone · resonance · body · frets · mouthpiece · reed · sound · bridge · neck · fingerboard

Opposites
grammatical number/form

instrument'sinstruments

Tools for precise tasks

grammatical case

instrument'sinstrument

Device for specific tasks

Phrases
Family

instrument, instruments, instrumental, instrumentally, instrumentalist, instrumentalists, instrumentalism, instrumentation, instrumented

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G