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contrivance (n.)
1.the act of devising something
2.a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
3.any improvised arrangement for temporary use
4.the faculty of contriving; inventive skill"his skillful contrivance of answers to every problem"
5.an artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc."the plot contained too many improbable contrivances to be believable"
6.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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Merriam Webster
ContrivanceCon*triv"ance (?), n.
1. The act or faculty of contriving, inventing, devising, or planning.
The machine which we are inspecting demonstrates, by its construction, contrivance and design. Contrivance must have had a contriver. Paley.
2. The thing contrived, invented, or planned; disposition of parts or causes by design; a scheme; plan; artifice; arrangement.
Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human wants. Burke.
Syn. -- Device; plan; scheme; invention; machine; project; design; artifice; shift. See Device.
contrivance (n.)
acuity, acumen, acuteness, aid, apparatus, appliance, artifice, cleverness, convenience, device, devisal, dodge, gadget, gimmick, gismo, gizmo, ingenuity, installation, instrument, invention, inventiveness, keenness, knack, lash-up, machine, mechanism, mental acuity, perspicacity, ploy, ruse, sagacity, scheme, sleight, stratagem, trick, unit, widget, wrinkle, contraption (colloquial), thingamajig (U.S.A.), thingummy (informal, spéc. anglais britannique), what's-it (informal)
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contrivance (n.)
invention[Hyper.]
contrive, devise, excogitate, forge, formulate, invent[Dérivé]
contrivance (n.)
apparatus, appliance, device, machine, mechanism[Hyper.]
gadgeteer - convenient[Dérivé]
contrivance (n.)
arrangement, set-up[Hyper.]
contrivance (n.)
contrivance (n.)
contrivance (n.)
manœuvre condamnable ou suspecte (fr)[Classe]
moyen pour parvenir à un résultat (fr)[Classe]
(ambition)[termes liés]
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