contrive

con·trive  (kn-trv)

v. con·trived, con·triv·ing, con·trives

v.tr.

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.

v.intr.

To form plans or schemes.

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[Middle English contreven, from Old French controver, contreuv-, from Medieval Latin contropre, to compare : Latin com-, com- + Latin tropus, turn, manner, style (from Greek tropos; see trep- in Indo-European roots).]

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con·triver n.

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contrive

Verb

[-triving, -trived]

1. to make happen: he had already contrived the murder of King Alexander

2. to devise or construct ingeniously: he contrived a plausible reason to fly back to London, he contrived a hook from a bent nail [Old French controver]

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	contrive - make or work out a plan for; devise; "They contrived to murder their boss"; "design a new sales strategy"; "plan an attack" design, plan, project create by mental act, create mentally - create mentally and abstractly rather than with one's hands plot - devise the sequence of events in (a literary work or a play, movie, or ballet); "the writer is plotting a new novel" concert - contrive (a plan) by mutual agreement map out, map - plan, delineate, or arrange in detail; "map one's future"
	2.	contrive - come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort; "excogitate a way to measure the speed of light" devise, excogitate, invent, formulate, forge create by mental act, create mentally - create mentally and abstractly rather than with one's hands
	3.	contrive - put or send forth; "She threw the flashlight beam into the corner"; "The setting sun threw long shadows"; "cast a spell"; "cast a warm light" cast, throw, project send, direct - cause to go somewhere; "The explosion sent the car flying in the air"; "She sent her children to camp"; "He directed all his energies into his dissertation" shoot - send forth suddenly, intensely, swiftly; "shoot a glance"

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contrive

verb 1. devise, plan, fabricate, create, design, scheme, engineer, frame, manufacture, plot, construct, invent, improvise, concoct, wangle (informal)

verb 2. manage, succeed, arrange, manoeuvre

Translations

contrive [kənˈtraɪv] vt (= invent) → idear

vi to contrive to do → lograr hacer (= try); procurar hacer

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contrive [kənˈtraɪv] vt → combiner, inventer

vi to contrive to do → s'arranger pour faire, trouver le moyen de faire

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contrive [kənˈtraɪv] vt (meeting) → arrangieren

vi to contrive to do sth → es fertigbringen, etw zu tun

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contrive [kənˈtraɪv] vt → inventare; escogitare

vi to contrive to do → fare in modo di fare