Contrive - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|kənˈtraɪv|
Brit.
|kənˈtraɪv|
verb
- make or work out a plan for; devise (syn: design, plan, project)
- put or send forth (syn: cast, project, throw)
They contrived to murder their boss
- come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort (syn: devise, excogitate, forge, formulate, invent)- put or send forth (syn: cast, project, throw)
Extra examples
The prisoners contrived a way to escape.
He contrived a meeting with the president.
They contrived household utensils from stone.
She somehow contrived to arrange a meeting.
Schindler contrived to save more than 1,000 Polish Jews from the Nazis.
The lawsuit says oil companies contrived the oil shortage in the 1970s.
In 1862, a technique was contrived to take a series of photographs showing stages of movement.
They contrived to murder their boss
The easy classes will contrive to furnish the governing classes of the country.
Word forms
verb
I/you/we/they: contrive
he/she/it: contrives
present participle: contriving
past tense: contrived
past participle: contrived
I/you/we/they: contrive
he/she/it: contrives
present participle: contriving
past tense: contrived
past participle: contrived
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