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Meanings of contrive in inglés

portugués
formular
catalán
formular
español
formular

To use the intellect to plan or design something.

formular
portugués
planejar

To make or work out a plan for; devise.

planejar
español
proyectar

Put or send forth.

proyectar
Sinónimos
Examples for "cast"
Examples for "cast"
1
The election result has cast doubt on popular support for that project.
Reuters
2
Events surrounding CervicalCheck continue to cast a shadow over the health service.
The Irish Times
3
Animal prints: we think they're best left to cast members of Eastenders.
The Irish Times
4
The withdrawal agreement must give legal effect to that 'cast iron' guarantee.
The Guardian
5
Clive Fugill said Covid-19 cast doubt on whether that legacy could continue.
Radio NZ
1
In Europe we throw away 100 million tonnes of food every year.
The South African
2
But fears remain that political uncertainty could yet throw countries off course.
The Irish Times
3
I'm sorry to throw cold water on the subject; but excuse me.
Moby Dick
4
The problem is, however, people in glass houses should not throw stones.
The South African
5
We now throw down the gage to the capital of the world.
Moon-Face, and Other Stories
Usage of contrive in inglés
1
If you can so contrive it, let him live in the country.
Advice to a Mother on the Management of Her Children
2
And, indeed, it is the best I can contrive in this house.
Come Rack! Come Rope!
3
It was a nicely appointed dinner, the best the chef could contrive.
The House of Toys
4
The duty not to contrive through a covetous heart to despoil another.
The 5000 year leap: a miracle that changed the world
5
They will be safer there than in any hiding-place you can contrive.
The Ashiel mystery: A Detective Story
6
At the Kutub he had to contrive his own dissipations and excesses.
The Flaw in the Sapphire
7
He would contrive some way of giving his cousin back the money.
Wild Wings: A Romance of Youth
8
For the Humans have to plot and contrive and worry, whatever happens.
Mufti
9
Passion can always contrive to clothe itself in beauty, strips itself splendid.
The New Machiavelli
10
Suppose, he thought, I could contrive a meeting with Satan, the Archfiend.
Complete Books of Blood
11
I had to contrive a bit, and manage the waves a little.
At the Back of the North Wind
12
With your permission, I retire to contrive the arrest of this spy.
Beverly of Graustark
13
His thought was that he must now contrive the escape of Cornelia.
A Friend of Cæsar: A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Tim...
14
Finally he determined to contrive some easy and quick way of printing.
Famous Men of the Middle Ages
15
I was wondering how I should contrive to speak to you privately.
Poor Miss Finch
16
I should think you'd contrive a very original sort of a place.
The Precipice: A Novel
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Contrive through the time
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