Definitions for contrivance
kənˈtraɪ vənscon·trivance

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. appliance, contraption, contrivance, convenience, gadget, gizmo, gismo, widgetnoun

   a device or control that is very useful for a particular job

2. contrivancenoun

   the faculty of contriving; inventive skill

   "his skillful contrivance of answers to every problem"

3. contrivance, stratagem, dodgenoun

   an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade

   "his testimony was just a contrivance to throw us off the track"

4. contrivancenoun

   an artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc.

   "the plot contained too many improbable contrivances to be believable"

5. lash-up, contrivancenoun

   any improvised arrangement for temporary use

6. devisal, contrivancenoun

   the act of devising something

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. contrivancenoun

   a (mechanical) device to perform a certain task

2. contrivancenoun

   a means, such as an elaborate plan or strategy, to accomplish a certain objective

3. contrivancenoun

   something overly artful or artificial

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Contrivancenoun

   Etymology: from contrive.

   1. The act of contriving; excogitation; the thing contrived.

   There is no work impossible to these contrivances, but there may be as much acted by this art as can be fancied by imagination. John Wilkins, Math. Mag.

   Instructed, you’ll explore
   Divine contrivance, and a God adore. Richard Blackmore, Creation.

   2. Scheme; plan; disposition of parts or causes.

   Our bodies are made according to the most curious artifice, and orderly contrivance. Joseph Glanvill, Sceps. c. 7.

   3. A conceit; a plot; an artifice.

   Have I not manag’d my contrivance well,
   To try your love, and make you doubt of mine? Dryden.

   There might be a feint, a contrivance in the matter, to draw him into some secret ambush. Francis Atterbury, Sermons.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. contrivance

   Contrivance is a plan, device, or scheme that is carefully and cleverly planned or designed, often used to bring about a specific desired outcome or to solve a problem. It can also refer to the act of scheming, planning or devising something.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Contrivancenoun

   the act or faculty of contriving, inventing, devising, or planning

2. Contrivancenoun

   the thing contrived, invented, or planned; disposition of parts or causes by design; a scheme; plan; atrifice; arrangement

Matched Categories

1. • Arrangement
   • Device
   • Invention
   • Scheme

How to pronounce contrivance?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of contrivance in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of contrivance in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of contrivance in a Sentence

1. Thomas Jefferson:

   It is part of the American character to consider nothing as desperate - to surmount every difficulty by resolution and contrivance.

2. Samuel Johnson:

   No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into jail for being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned.

3. Edmund Burke:

   Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human wants. Men have right that these wants should be provided for, including the want of a sufficient restraint upon their passions.

4. Robert Collier:

   Every contrivance of man, every tool, every instrument, every utensil, every article designed for use, of each and every kind, evolved from a very simple beginning.

5. Adam Smith:

   People of the same trade seldom meet together, even for merriment and diversion, but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the public, or in some contrivance to raise prices.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=contrivance
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Contrivance
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=contrivance
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/contrivance