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contrivance


noun
1. a device or control that is very useful for a particular job (Freq. 2)
Syn:
appliance, contraption, convenience, gadget, gizmo,
gismo, widget
Derivationally related forms:
gadgeteer (for: gadget), convenient (for: convenience)
Hypernyms:
device
Hyponyms:
gadgetry, gimbal, injector, mod con
2. the faculty of contriving;
inventive skill (Freq. 1)
- his skillful contrivance of answers to every problem
Hypernyms:
invention, innovation, excogitation, conception, design
3. an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade
- his testimony was just a contrivance to throw us off the track
Syn:
stratagem, dodge
Derivationally related forms:
dodgy (for: dodge)
Hypernyms:
scheme, strategy
Hyponyms:
plant, pump-and-dump scheme, wangle, wangling
4. an artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc.
- the plot contained too many improbable contrivances to be believable
Hypernyms:
arrangement, organization, organisation, system
5. any improvised arrangement for temporary use
Syn:
lash-up
Hypernyms:
arrangement
Hyponyms:
temporary hookup, patch
6. the act of devising something
Syn:
devisal
Derivationally related forms:
contrive, devise (for: devisal)
Hypernyms:
invention

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