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contrivance::noun | Spocien Dictionary

contrivance

/kən'traɪvəns/

any improvised arrangement for temporary use

Type	Words
Synonyms	lash-up
Type of	arrangement
Has types	temporary hookup, patch

contrivance::noun | Spocien Dictionary

contrivance

/kən'traɪvəns/

an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade

Type	Words
Synonyms	dodge, stratagem
Type of	strategy, scheme
Has types	wangling, plant, pump-and-dump scheme, wangle

his testimony was just a contrivance to throw us off the track.

contrivance::noun | Spocien Dictionary

contrivance

/kən'traɪvəns/

a device or control that is very useful for a particular job

Type	Words
Synonyms	appliance, contraption, convenience, gadget, gismo, gizmo, widget
Type of	device
Has types	injector, gadgetry, gimbal, mod con

contrivance::noun | Spocien Dictionary

contrivance

/kən'traɪvəns/

the act of devising something

Type	Words
Synonyms	devisal
Type of	invention
Derivation	contrive

contrivance::noun | Spocien Dictionary

contrivance

/kən'traɪvəns/

an artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc.

Type	Words
Type of	organisation, arrangement, system, organization

the plot contained too many improbable contrivances to be believable.

contrivance::noun | Spocien Dictionary

contrivance

/kən'traɪvəns/

the faculty of contriving; inventive skill

Type	Words
Type of	invention, innovation, excogitation, design, conception

his skillful contrivance of answers to every problem.