contrive
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con·trive
(kən-trīv′)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.
[Middle English contreven, from Old French controver, contreuv-, from Medieval Latin contropāre, to compare : Latin com-, com- + Latin tropus, turn, manner, style (from Greek tropos; see trep- in Indo-European roots).]
con·triv′er n.
contrive
(kənˈtraɪv)vb
1. (tr) to manage (something or to do something), esp by means of a trick; engineer: he contrived to make them meet.
2. (tr) to think up or adapt ingeniously or elaborately: he contrived a new mast for the boat.
3. to plot or scheme (treachery, evil, etc)
[C14: from Old French controver, from Late Latin contropāre to represent by figures of speech, compare, from Latin com- together + tropus figure of speech, trope]
conˈtrivable adj
conˈtriver n
con•trive
(kənˈtraɪv)v. -trived, -triv•ing. v.t.
1. to plan with ingenuity; devise; invent: to contrive a means of escape.
2. to bring about by a plan, scheme, etc.; manage: He contrived to gain their votes.
3. to plot (evil, treachery, etc.).
v.i. 4. to form designs; plan.
5. to plot.
[1275–1325; < Middle French contreuv-, tonic s. of controver to devise, invent, Old French: to decide, agree upon < Late Latin contropāre to compare = con- + *tropāre (> French trouver to find)]
con•triv′a•ble, adj.
con•triv′er, n.
contrive
Past participle: contrived
Gerund: contriving
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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" 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 |
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" 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" 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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verbTranslations
يَبْتَكِر، يَبْتَدِعيَنْجَح، يُدَبِّر طَريقَه
dokázatdokázat vyrobit/udělat
finde påfinde udveje forformålykkesopfinde
szerét ejti
gera á hugvitssamlegan hátttakast; finna ráî
dirbtinai sukurtigudravimasįrenginysįsigudrintiišradingai padirbti
iemanītiesizdomātizgudrot
dokázať vyrobiť
becermekbir çaresini bulmakuydurmakyolunu bulmak
contrive
vt
(= devise) plan, scheme → entwickeln, entwerfen, ersinnen; (= make) → fabrizieren; to contrive a means of doing something → einen Weg finden, etw zu tun
(= manage, arrange) → bewerkstelligen, zuwege or zu Wege bringen; meeting also → arrangieren; to contrive to do something → es fertigbringen (also iro) → or zuwege or zu Wege bringen, etw zu tun; can you contrive to be here at three o’clock? → können Sie es so einrichten, dass Sie um drei Uhr hier sind?; he always contrives to get his own way → er versteht (es) immer, seinen Kopf durchzusetzen
contrive
[kənˈtraɪv] vt (plan, scheme) → inventare, escogitareto contrive a means of doing sth → escogitare un sistema per fare qc
to contrive to do sth → trovare un modo per fare qc
contrive
(kənˈtraiv) verb1. to manage (to do something). He contrived to remove the money from her bag.
2. to make in a clever way. He contrived a tent from an old sack.
conˈtrivance noun1. the act of contriving.
2. something contrived (especially something mechanical). a contrivance for making the door open automatically.