English dictionary
contrivance
nounAudio pronunciation
Parts of speech
Definitions
noun
- the act of devising something
noun
- a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
noun
- any improvised arrangement for temporary use
noun
- the faculty of contriving; inventive skill
noun
- an artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc.
noun
- an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade
Example sentences
his skillful contrivance of answers to every problem
the plot contained too many improbable contrivances to be believable
his testimony was just a contrivance to throw us off the track