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Meanings of contrivance in English

Portuguese
troço
Catalan
enginy
Spanish
gadget

A device or control that is very useful for a particular job.

      troço
      Spanish
      invento

      The act of devising something.

            invento
            No examples available for any of the synonyms

            An elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade.

                  Any improvised arrangement for temporary use.

                        Usage of contrivance in English
                        1
                        There was no difference in the construction or contrivance of the trap.
                        The Bush Boys: History and Adventures of a Cape Farmer and his F...
                        2
                        This simple contrivance was a great convenience, and came into general use.
                        Country Life in Canada Fifty Years Ago / Personal recollections ...
                        3
                        A similar contrivance has arisen out of the necessities of deep-sea exploration.
                        Discourses: Biological & Geological / Essays
                        4
                        The water was heated by an electric contrivance in the bathroom itself.
                        Odd John
                        5
                        Demonstrator refuses to use Lindbergh's name to be garbled by the contrivance.
                        The new yorker
                        6
                        Even then they could scarcely resist the auto-hypnotic powers of the contrivance.
                        The Master Mystery
                        7
                        By this ingenious contrivance he gave the history of the last age.
                        Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1
                        8
                        The Allobroges and Volturcius are arrested by the contrivance of Cicero, XLV.
                        Conspiracy of Catiline and the Jurgurthine War
                        9
                        I see-allthis money-makingis a contrivance to keep me in Sydney.
                        It Is Never Too Late to Mend
                        10
                        Fear not, Master Warner; no further harm shall chance to thy contrivance.
                        The Last of the Barons — Volume 03
                        11
                        Or is the identity of Mr Golightly too much of a contrivance?
                        The Guardian
                        12
                        The joy of these little miracles of contrivance had never been hers.
                        The Canadian / Photoplay title of The Land of Promise
                        13
                        I crept cautiously along the floor, on tip-toe, to examine the contrivance.
                        Martin Hyde, the Duke's Messenger
                        14
                        Many things which are difficult in themselves, are easily effected by contrivance.
                        The History of Rome, Books 09 to 26
                        15
                        This ingenious contrivance was applied by Mr. Everett to the paying-out machinery.
                        Great Fortunes, and How They Were Made
                        16
                        The next was a remarkable contrivance- amechanicaltraveller to go on legs.
                        Lectures on Popular and Scientific Subjects
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                        Translations for contrivance
                        Contrivance through the time
                        Contrivance across language varieties
                        United Kingdom
                        Common
                        United States of America
                        Less common