Definition of contrivance | What does contrivance mean?
What is the definition of the word CONTRIVANCE?
Here is a list of definitions for contrivance.
- a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
- the faculty of contriving; inventive skill; "his skillful contrivance of answers to every problem"
- an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade; "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
- the act of devising something
What are the synonyms of the word CONTRIVANCE?
What is another word for CONTRIVANCE?. Here is a list of synonyms for CONTRIVANCE
Words beginning with CONTRIVANCE?
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What words can be made with CONTRIVANCE?
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In which dictionaries does the word contrivance exist?
English International (SOWPODS) - Yes
English USA (TWL 98) - Yes
English USA (TWL 06) - Yes
Collins Scrabble Words (CSW2012) - Yes
Collins Scrabble Words (CSW2007) - Yes
Words with Friends (WWF) - Yes
Enable1 (ENABLE1) - Yes
Letterpress (LETTERPRESS) - Yes