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- DictionaryCon·triv·ance/kənˈtrīv(ə)ns/
noun
- 1. the use of skill to bring something about or create something: "the requirements of the system, by happy chance and some contrivance, can be summed up in an acronym"
- 2. a device, especially in literary or artistic composition, which gives a sense of artificiality: "the often tiresome contrivances of historical fiction"
The meaning of CONTRIVANCE is a thing contrived; especially : a mechanical device. How to use contrivance in a sentence.
CONTRIVANCE definition: 1. the act of intentionally arranging for something to happen by clever planning, or something that…. Learn more.
the act of intentionally arranging for something to happen by clever planning, or something that is arranged in this way: Because of the timing, I'm sure the salary freeze is a deliberate contrivance, not a coincidence. I think the meeting happened more by contrivance than chance. [ C ]
Definitions of contrivance. noun. the faculty of contriving; inventive skill. “his skillful contrivance of answers to every problem”. see more. see less. type of: conception, design, excogitation, innovation, invention. the creation of something in the mind.
noun. something contrived, esp an ingenious device; contraption. the act or faculty of devising or adapting; inventive skill or ability. an artificial rather than natural selection or arrangement of details, parts, etc.
contrivance. [countable, uncountable] (usually disapproving) something that somebody has done or written that does not seem natural; the fact of seeming artificial. The film is spoilt by unrealistic contrivances of plot. The story is told with a complete absence of contrivance.
A contrivance is an unfair or dishonest scheme or trick to gain an advantage for yourself.
