Contrivance - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|kənˈtraɪvəns|
Brit.
|kənˈtraɪv(ə)ns|
noun
- a device or control that is very useful for a particular job (syn: appliance, contraption, convenience, gadget, gismo, gizmo, widget)
- the faculty of contriving; inventive skill
- the act of devising something
- the faculty of contriving; inventive skill
his skillful contrivance of answers to every problem
- an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade (syn: dodge, stratagem)his testimony was just a contrivance to throw us off the track
- an artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc.the plot contained too many improbable contrivances to be believable
- any improvised arrangement for temporary use (syn: lash-up)- the act of devising something
Extra examples
The story is filled with plot contrivances that do not fit the ending.
He told the story honestly and without contrivance.
He convinced her to go without using contrivance.
A ridiculous series of plot contrivances moves the film along.
Harriet's matchmaking contrivances
Word forms
noun
singular: contrivance
plural: contrivances
singular: contrivance
plural: contrivances
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