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Contrivance

Contrivance Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Contrivance? [n] the act of devising something [n] a device that very useful for a particular job [n] any improvised arrangement for temporary use [n] the faculty of contriving; inventive skill; "his skillful contrivance of answers to every problem" [n] an artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc.; "the plot contained too many improbable contrivances to be believable" [n] an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade; "his testimony was just a contrivance to throw us off the track" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Contrivance: appliance \| contraption \| convenience \| devisal \| dodge \| gadget \| gismo \| gizmo \| lash-up \| stratagem \| widget Related Terms \| Find terms related to Contrivance: action \| ad hoc measure \| agent \| anagnorisis \| ancilla \| angle \| answer \| apparatus \| appliance \| approach \| architectonics \| architecture \| argument \| arrangement \| art \| artful dodge \| artifice \| atmosphere \| attack \| authorship \| background \| beginning \| blind \| blueprint \| blueprinting \| brainchild \| cabal \| calculation \| catastrophe \| characterization \| Charlie McCarthy \| charting \| chicanery \| coinage \| collusion \| color \| complication \| complicity \| complot \| conception \| concoction \| confederacy \| connivance \| conspiracy \| continuity \| contraption \| contriving \| countermove \| counterplot \| coup \| course of action \| covin \| craft \| creation \| creative effort \| creature \| cute trick \| deceit \| deep-laid plot \| demarche \| denouement \| design \| development \| device \| devising \| disposition \| dodge \| dummy \| dupe \| effort \| engineering \| enterprise \| envisagement \| episode \| expedient \| fable \| fabrication \| fakement \| falling action \| feint \| fetch \| figuring \| finagling \| finesse \| foresight \| forethought \| frame-up \| gadget \| gambit \| game \| generation \| gimcrack \| gimmick \| gizmo \| go-between \| graphing \| grift \| ground plan \| guidelines \| hand tool \| handmaid \| handmaiden \| hatching \| idea \| implement \| improvisation \| incident \| instrument \| intention \| interagent \| intermediary \| intermediate \| intermedium \| intrigue \| invention \| jugglery \| jury-rig \| jury-rigged expedient \| knavery \| last expedient \| last resort \| last shift \| layout \| lever \| line \| lineup \| little game \| local color \| long-range plan \| machination \| makeshift \| making do \| maneuver \| maneuvering \| manipulation \| mapping \| master plan \| means \| measure \| mechanical device \| mechanism \| mediator \| medium \| method \| methodology \| midwife \| minion \| mintage \| mood \| motif \| move \| movement \| mythos \| operations research \| organ \| organization \| origination \| pawn \| peripeteia \| pis aller \| plan \| planning \| planning function \| plaything \| plot \| plotting \| ploy \| power tool \| prearrangement \| precision tool \| procedure \| program \| program of action \| puppet \| racket \| rationalization \| recognition \| red herring \| resort \| resource \| rigging \| rising action \| ruse \| schedule \| schema \| schematism \| schematization \| scheme \| scheme of arrangement \| schemery \| scheming \| secondary plot \| servant \| setup \| shake-up \| shift \| slant \| slave \| sleight \| solution \| speed tool \| step \| stooge \| stopgap \| story \| stratagem \| strategic plan \| strategy \| stroke \| stroke of policy \| structure \| subject \| subplot \| subterfuge \| switch \| system \| systematization \| tactic \| tactical plan \| tactics \| temporary expedient \| the big picture \| the picture \| thematic development \| theme \| tone \| tool \| topic \| toy \| trick \| trickery \| trump \| twist \| underplot \| utensil \| vehicle \| way \| web of intrigue \| wile \| wily device \| wire-pulling \| working hypothesis \| working plan \| working proposition See Also \| arrangement \| arrangement \| conception \| design \| device \| excogitation \| gadgetry \| gimbals \| injector \| innovation \| invention \| invention \| mod con \| organisation \| organization \| patch \| plant \| scheme \| strategy \| system \| temporary hookup \| wangle \| wangling Contrivance In Webster's Dictionary \Con*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; atrifice; 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 Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Contrivance?

[n] the act of devising something
[n] a device that very useful for a particular job
[n] any improvised arrangement for temporary use
[n] the faculty of contriving; inventive skill; "his skillful contrivance of answers to every problem"
[n] an artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc.; "the plot contained too many improbable contrivances to be believable"
[n] an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade; "his testimony was just a contrivance to throw us off the track"

Contrivance In Webster's Dictionary

\Con*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; atrifice;
   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}.

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