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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