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contrivance


 
  Grep  of  noun  contrivance 
  contrivance 
 
  Overview  of  noun  contrivance 
 
  The  noun  contrivance  has  6  senses  (first  2  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (2)  appliance,  contraption,  contrivance,  convenience,  gadget,  gizmo,  gismo,  widget  --  (a  device  that  very  useful  for  a  particular  job) 
  2.  (1)  contrivance  --  (the  faculty  of  contriving;  inventive  skill;  "his  skillful  contrivance  of  answers  to  every  problem") 
  3.  contrivance,  stratagem,  dodge  --  (an  elaborate  or  deceitful  scheme  contrived  to  deceive  or  evade;  "his  testimony  was  just  a  contrivance  to  throw  us  off  the  track") 
  4.  contrivance  --  (an  artificial  or  unnatural  or  obviously  contrived  arrangement  of  details  or  parts  etc.;  "the  plot  contained  too  many  improbable  contrivances  to  be  believable") 
  5.  lash-up,  contrivance  --  (any  improvised  arrangement  for  temporary  use) 
  6.  devisal,  contrivance  --  (the  act  of  devising  something) 
 
  Overview  of  noun  contrivance 
 
  The  noun  contrivance  has  6  senses  (first  2  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (2)  appliance,  contraption,  contrivance,  convenience,  gadget,  gizmo,  gismo,  widget  --  (a  device  that  very  useful  for  a  particular  job) 
  2.  (1)  contrivance  --  (the  faculty  of  contriving;  inventive  skill;  "his  skillful  contrivance  of  answers  to  every  problem") 
  3.  contrivance,  stratagem,  dodge  --  (an  elaborate  or  deceitful  scheme  contrived  to  deceive  or  evade;  "his  testimony  was  just  a  contrivance  to  throw  us  off  the  track") 
  4.  contrivance  --  (an  artificial  or  unnatural  or  obviously  contrived  arrangement  of  details  or  parts  etc.;  "the  plot  contained  too  many  improbable  contrivances  to  be  believable") 
  5.  lash-up,  contrivance  --  (any  improvised  arrangement  for  temporary  use) 
  6.  devisal,  contrivance  --  (the  act  of  devising  something) 



contrivance definition