- verbcontrive (verb) · contrives (third person present) · contrived (past tense) · contrived (past participle) · contriving (present participle)
- create or bring about (an object or a situation) by deliberate use of skill and artifice:"his opponents contrived a crisis" · "you contrived to be alone with me despite the supervision"
- manage to do something foolish or create an undesirable situation:"the poor guy in some way contrived to hang himself"
OriginMiddle English: from Old French contreuve-, stressed stem of controver ‘imagine, invent’, from medieval Latin contropare ‘compare’.Similar and Opposite Wordsverb- create or bring about (an object or a situation) by deliberate use of skill and artifice:
- manage to do something foolish or create an undesirable situation:
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- Learn more:✕This summary was generated using AI based on multiple online sources. To view the original source information, use the "Learn more" links.con·trive (kən-trīv′) v. con·trived, con·triv·ing, con·trives v.tr. 1. To plan with cleverness or ingenuity; devise: contrive ways to amuse the children.www.thefreedictionary.com/contrivingcontrive verb [ T ] uk / kənˈtraɪv / us / kənˈtraɪv / Add to word list to arrange a situation or event, or arrange for something to happen, using clever planning:dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/contriveto manage (something or to do something), esp by means of a trick; engineer he contrived to make them meetwww.dictionary.com/browse/contrive
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