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verb
- 1. create or bring about (an object or a situation) by deliberate use of skill and artifice: "his opponents contrived a cabinet crisis" Similar
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Contrive means to arrange or invent something cleverly or deceptively. Learn how to use this verb in different contexts, with examples and related words, from the Cambridge Dictionary.
Contrive means to devise, plan, or invent something, or to bring about something by stratagem or difficulty. See synonyms, examples, word history, and related entries of contrive.
When you contrive, you make a plan or a plot. It may take you longer to contrive your way out of doing your homework than would to actually do it. Even though contrive often has a false or cunning feel to it, it is not always a bad thing.
Contrive means to arrange or invent something cleverly or deceptively. Learn how to use this verb in different contexts, see related words and phrases, and hear the pronunciation.
Contrive means to plan with ingenuity, devise, invent, or to manage by a trick. See the origin, synonyms, and usage of contrive in sentences from various sources.
1. (transitive) to manage (something or to do something), esp by means of a trick; engineer. he contrived to make them meet. 2. (transitive) to think up or adapt ingeniously or elaborately. he contrived a new mast for the boat. 3. to plot or scheme (treachery, evil, etc) Collins English Dictionary.
Definition of contrive verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
