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1. (n.) contrivance
something contrived, esp. a mechanical device.
2. contrivance
the act, manner, or faculty of contriving.
3. contrivance
a plan or scheme; expedient.
Etymology: (1620–30)
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| Definition of 'contrivance' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) appliance, contraption, contrivance, convenience, gadget, gizmo, gismo, widget
a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
2. (noun) contrivance
the faculty of contriving; inventive skill
"his skillful contrivance of answers to every problem"
3. (noun) contrivance, stratagem, dodge
an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade
"his testimony was just a contrivance to throw us off the track"
4. (noun) contrivance
an artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc.
"the plot contained too many improbable contrivances to be believable"
5. (noun) lash-up, contrivance
any improvised arrangement for temporary use
6. (noun) devisal, contrivance
the act of devising something
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) contrivance
the act or faculty of contriving, inventing, devising, or planning
2. (noun) contrivance
the thing contrived, invented, or planned; disposition of parts or causes by design; a scheme; plan; atrifice; arrangement
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Sense: the act of contriving.
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 Afrikaans: praksering |
 Arabic: حيلَه، تَدبير، إبْتِكار |
 Bulgarian: изобретяване |
 Brazilian: invenção |
 Czech: vynalézavost, důvtip |
 German: die Findigkeit |
 Danish: fidus; påfund |
 Greek: επινόηση |
 Spanish: invención, invento; estra |
 Estonian: leiutamine, leidlikkus |
 Farsi: تدبیر |
 Finnish: keksintö |
 French: invention |
 Hebrew: הַמצָאָה |
 Hindi: जुगाड़ |
 Croatian: domišljatost |
 Hungarian: feltalálás |
 Indonesian: pembuatan |
 Icelandic: hugvitsemi |
 Italian: invenzione |
 Japanese: 考案 |
 Korean: 모략, 고안 |
 Lithuanian: gudravimas, sumanymas, su |
 Latvian: izgudrojums; izgudrošana |
 Malay: berikhtiar |
 Dutch: vindingrijkheid |
 Norwegian: utklekking, oppfinning |
 Polish: kombinacja |
 Persian: تدبیر |
 Pashto: پلان |
 Portuguese: invenção |
 Romanian: invenţie |
 Russian: изобретение |
 Slovak: dôvtip |
 Slovenian: iznajdba |
 Serbian: lukavstvo |
 Swedish: knep, konstgrepp |
 Thai: การประดิษฐ์ |
 Turkish: becerme, bulma |
 Taiwanese: 圖謀，發明 |
 Ukrainian: вигадка, витівка |
 Urdu: تدبير، تركيب |
 Vietnamese: sự trù tính |
 Chinese: 发明 |
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