contrivance (redirected from contrivances)

con·triv·ance  (kn-trvns)

n.

1.

a. The act of contriving.

b. The state of being contrived.

2. Something contrived, as a mechanical device or a clever plan.

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contrivance

Noun

1. an ingenious device

2. an elaborate or deceitful plan

3. the act or power of contriving

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	contrivance - a device or control that is very useful for a particular job gadget, appliance, contraption, gismo, gizmo, widget, convenience device - an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose; "the device is small enough to wear on your wrist"; "a device intended to conserve water" gadgetry - appliances collectively; "laborsaving gadgetry" gimbal - an appliance that allows an object (such as a ship's compass) to remain horizontal even as its support tips injector - a contrivance for injecting (e.g., water into the boiler of a steam engine or particles into an accelerator etc.) mod con - modern convenience; the appliances and conveniences characteristic of a modern house
	2.	contrivance - the faculty of contriving; inventive skill; "his skillful contrivance of answers to every problem" invention, excogitation, innovation, conception, design - the creation of something in the mind
	3.	contrivance - an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade; "his testimony was just a contrivance to throw us off the track" dodge, stratagem scheme, strategy - an elaborate and systematic plan of action plant - something planted secretly for discovery by another; "the police used a plant to trick the thieves"; "he claimed that the evidence against him was a plant" pump-and-dump scheme - an illegal scheme for making money by manipulating stock prices; the schemer persuades other people to buy the stock and then sells it himself as soon as the price of the stock rises wangle, wangling - an instance of accomplishing something by scheming or trickery
	4.	contrivance - an artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc.; "the plot contained too many improbable contrivances to be believable" organization, arrangement, organisation, system - an organized structure for arranging or classifying; "he changed the arrangement of the topics"; "the facts were familiar but it was in the organization of them that he was original"; "he tried to understand their system of classification"
	5.	contrivance - any improvised arrangement for temporary use lash-up temporary hookup, patch - a connection intended to be used for a limited time arrangement - an orderly grouping (of things or persons) considered as a unit; the result of arranging; "a flower arrangement"
	6.	contrivance - the act of devising something devisal invention - the act of inventing

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contrivance

noun 1. device, machine, equipment, gear, instrument, implement, mechanism, invention, appliance, apparatus, gadget, contraption

noun 2. stratagem, plan, design, measure, scheme, trick, plot, dodge, expedient, ruse, artifice, machination

Translations

contrivance [kənˈtraɪvəns] n (= machine, device) → aparato, dispositivo

contrivance [kənˈtraɪvəns] n (= scheme) → machination f, combinaison f (= device); appareil m, dispositif m

contrivance [kənˈtraɪvəns] n (scheme) → List f;

(device) → Vorrichtung f

contrivance [kənˈtraɪvəns] n → congegno; espediente m