Contrivance - traduction, prononciation, transcription

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Amer.  |kənˈtraɪvəns|  American pronunciation of the word contrivance
Brit.  |kənˈtraɪv(ə)ns|  British pronunciation of the word contrivance

noun

- un appareil ou une commande très utile pour un travail particulierEd (syn: appliance, contraption, convenience, gadget, gismo, gizmo, widget)
- la faculté de fabriquer; Ed
his skillful contrivance of answers to every problem
- un stratagème élaboré ou trompeur conçu pour tromper ou échapperEd (syn: dodge, stratagem)
his testimony was just a contrivance to throw us off the track
- un arrangement artificiel ou artificiel ou manifestement artificiel de détails ou de pièces, etc.Ed
the plot contained too many improbable contrivances to be believable
- tout arrangement improvisé à usage temporaireEd (syn: lash-up)
- l'acte de concevoir quelque choseEd

Matrix of words

noun

- le stratagèmestratagem, ploy, ruse, contrivance, artifice
- l' ingéniositéingenuity, ingeniousness, cleverness, inventiveness, contrivance
- l' enginmachine, device, vehicle, tool, instrument, contrivance
- l' inventioninvention, fabrication, figment, finding, devise, contrivance
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