CONTRIVANCE
\kəntɹˈa͡ɪvəns], \kəntɹˈaɪvəns], \k_ə_n_t_ɹ_ˈaɪ_v_ə_n_s]\
Definitions of CONTRIVANCE
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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a device that very useful for a particular job
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an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade; "his testimony was just a contrivance to throw us off the track"
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any improvised arrangement for temporary use
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an artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc.; "the plot contained too many improbable contrivances to be believable"
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an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade; "his testimony was just a contrivance to throw us off the track"
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any improvised arrangement for temporary use
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an artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc.; "the plot contained too many improbable contrivances to be believable"
By Princeton University
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The act or faculty of contriving, inventing, devising, or planning.
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The thing contrived, invented, or planned; disposition of parts or causes by design; a scheme; plan; atrifice; arrangement.
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By James Champlin Fernald
