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- DictionaryCon·trive/kənˈtrīv/
verb
- 1. create or bring about (an object or a situation) by deliberate use of skill and artifice: "his opponents contrived a crisis"
1. a. : devise, plan. contrive ways of handling the situation. The prisoners contrived a way to escape. b. : to form or create in an artistic or ingenious manner. contrived household utensils from stone. Native Americans contrived weapons out of stone, wood, and bone. 2. : to bring about by stratagem or with difficulty : manage.
to arrange a situation or event, or arrange for something to happen, using clever planning: Couldn't you contrive a meeting between them? I think they'd really like each other. [ + to infinitive ] Somehow she contrived to get tickets for the concert. to invent and/or make a device or other object in a clever and possibly unusual way:
to bring about or effect by a plan, scheme, or the like; manage: He contrived to gain their votes. to plot (evil, treachery, etc.). Synonyms: scheme, conspire. verb (used without object) , con·trived, con·triv·ing. to form designs; plan. to plot. Synonyms: connive. contrive. / kənˈtraɪv / verb.
verb [ T ] us / kənˈtraɪv / uk / kənˈtraɪv / Add to word list. to arrange a situation or event, or arrange for something to happen, using clever planning: Couldn't you contrive a meeting between them? I think they'd really like each other. [ + to infinitive ] Somehow she contrived to get tickets for the concert.
contrive something to succeed in making something happen despite difficulties. I decided to contrive a meeting between the two of them. contrive something to think of or make something, for example a plan or a machine, in a clever way. They contrived a plan to defraud the company.
1. To plan with cleverness or ingenuity; devise: contrive ways to amuse the children. 2. To invent or fabricate, especially by improvisation: contrived a swing from hanging vines. 3. To plan with evil intent; scheme: contrived a plot to seize power. 4. To bring about, as by scheming; manage: somehow contrived to get past the guards unnoticed.
verb. make or work out a plan for; devise. “They contrived to murder their boss” synonyms: design, plan, project. see more. verb. come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort. synonyms: devise, excogitate, forge, formulate, invent. see more. verb. put or send forth. synonyms: cast, project, throw. see more.
