"contrive" meaning in English

See contrive in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /kənˈtɹaɪv/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-contrive.wav Forms: contrives [present, singular, third-person], contriving [participle, present], contrived [participle, past], contrived [past]
Rhymes: -aɪv Etymology: From Middle English contreve (“to invent”), from Old French controver (Modern French controuver), from trover (“to find”) (French trouver). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|contreve||to invent}} Middle English contreve (“to invent”), {{der|en|fro|controver}} Old French controver, {{cog|fr|controuver}} French controuver Head templates: {{en-verb}} contrive (third-person singular simple present contrives, present participle contriving, simple past and past participle contrived)
  1. To invent by an exercise of ingenuity; to devise Synonyms: plan, scheme, plot, hatch Translations (To form by an exercise of ingenuity; to devise; to plan; to scheme; to plot): μήδομαι (mḗdomai) (Ancient Greek), ἐπιβολεύω (epiboleúō) (Ancient Greek), замислям (zamisljam) (Bulgarian), idear (Catalan), beramen (Dutch), suunnitella (Finnish), combiner (French), ersinnen (German), combinare (Italian), programmare (Italian), intrigare (Italian), complottare (Italian), architettare (Italian), escogitare (Italian), inventare (Italian), mettere su (Italian), پرگارلامق (pergerlemek) (Ottoman Turkish), замышлять (zamyšljatʹ) (Russian), idear (Spanish), discurrir (Spanish), tänka ut (Swedish), akıl etmek (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-contrive-en-verb-c7N-AP24 Categories (other): Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 23 35 33 10 Disambiguation of 'To form by an exercise of ingenuity; to devise; to plan; to scheme; to plot': 91 4 3 1
  2. To invent, to make devices; to form designs especially by improvisation. Translations (To invent, to make devices; to form designs especially by improvisation): μηχανάομαι (mēkhanáomai) (Ancient Greek), изобретявам (izobretjavam) (Bulgarian), ontwerpen (Dutch), keksiä (Finnish), improvisoida (Finnish), inventer (French), entwerfen (German), inventa (Romanian), improviza (Romanian), изобрета́ть (izobretátʹ) (Russian), improvisar (Spanish), icat etmek (Turkish), tasarlamak (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-contrive-en-verb-xupcIaBE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 57 23 8 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 14 50 23 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 12 59 17 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 71 13 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 23 41 27 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 17 45 29 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 14 48 23 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 13 48 29 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 17 45 29 9 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 14 49 23 14 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 11 55 22 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 11 58 19 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 23 35 33 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 17 45 29 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 11 58 19 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 11 61 18 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 17 45 29 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 17 45 29 9 Disambiguation of 'To invent, to make devices; to form designs especially by improvisation': 10 88 2 1
  3. To project, cast, or set forth, as in a projection of light. Translations (To project, cast, or set forth, as in a projection of light): plannen (Dutch), heittää (Finnish), bewerkstelligen (German), yolunu bulmak (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-contrive-en-verb-~~7PRX7c Categories (other): Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 17 31 41 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 23 35 33 10 Disambiguation of 'To project, cast, or set forth, as in a projection of light': 2 1 96 1
  4. (obsolete, transitive) To spend (time, or a period). Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-contrive-en-verb-OqIPe6Kz
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: becast, cast about Derived forms: contrivable, contrivance, contrived, contrivement, contriver, precontrive, recontrive, uncontriving

Inflected forms

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          "word": "icat etmek"
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    "Terms with Ancient Greek translations",
    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
    "Terms with Catalan translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Esperanto translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations",
    "Terms with Romanian translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations",
    "Terms with Turkish translations"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "contrivable"
    },
    {
      "word": "contrivance"
    },
    {
      "word": "contrived"
    },
    {
      "word": "contrivement"
    },
    {
      "word": "contriver"
    },
    {
      "word": "precontrive"
    },
    {
      "word": "recontrive"
    },
    {
      "word": "uncontriving"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "contreve",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to invent"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English contreve (“to invent”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "controver"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French controver",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "controuver"
      },
      "expansion": "French controuver",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English contreve (“to invent”), from Old French controver (Modern French controuver), from trover (“to find”) (French trouver).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "contrives",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contriving",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contrived",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contrived",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1813 January 27, [Jane Austen], Pride and Prejudice: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC:",
          "text": "[…]I cannot bear the idea of two young women traveling post by themselves. It is highly improper. You must contrive to send somebody.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1850, Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter:",
          "text": "Neither do thou imagine that I shall contrive aught against his life.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 10, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:",
          "text": "With a little manœuvring they contrived to meet on the doorstep which was […] in a boiling stream of passers-by, hurrying business people speeding past in a flurry of fumes and dust in the bright haze.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To invent by an exercise of ingenuity; to devise"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "invent",
          "invent"
        ],
        [
          "exercise",
          "exercise"
        ],
        [
          "ingenuity",
          "ingenuity"
        ],
        [
          "devise",
          "devise"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "plan"
        },
        {
          "word": "scheme"
        },
        {
          "word": "plot"
        },
        {
          "word": "hatch"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To invent, to make devices; to form designs especially by improvisation."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "invent",
          "invent"
        ],
        [
          "device",
          "device"
        ],
        [
          "design",
          "design"
        ],
        [
          "improvisation",
          "improvisation"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To project, cast, or set forth, as in a projection of light."
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To spend (time, or a period)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "spend",
          "spend"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete, transitive) To spend (time, or a period)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kənˈtɹaɪv/"
    },
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aɪv"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "becast"
    },
    {
      "word": "cast about"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zamisljam",
      "sense": "To form by an exercise of ingenuity; to devise; to plan; to scheme; to plot",
      "word": "замислям"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "To form by an exercise of ingenuity; to devise; to plan; to scheme; to plot",
      "word": "idear"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "To form by an exercise of ingenuity; to devise; to plan; to scheme; to plot",
      "word": "beramen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "To form by an exercise of ingenuity; to devise; to plan; to scheme; to plot",
      "word": "suunnitella"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "To form by an exercise of ingenuity; to devise; to plan; to scheme; to plot",
      "word": "combiner"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "To form by an exercise of ingenuity; to devise; to plan; to scheme; to plot",
      "word": "ersinnen"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "mḗdomai",
      "sense": "To form by an exercise of ingenuity; to devise; to plan; to scheme; to plot",
      "word": "μήδομαι"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "epiboleúō",
      "sense": "To form by an exercise of ingenuity; to devise; to plan; to scheme; to plot",
      "word": "ἐπιβολεύω"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "To form by an exercise of ingenuity; to devise; to plan; to scheme; to plot",
      "word": "combinare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "To form by an exercise of ingenuity; to devise; to plan; to scheme; to plot",
      "word": "programmare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "To form by an exercise of ingenuity; to devise; to plan; to scheme; to plot",
      "word": "intrigare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "To form by an exercise of ingenuity; to devise; to plan; to scheme; to plot",
      "word": "complottare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "To form by an exercise of ingenuity; to devise; to plan; to scheme; to plot",
      "word": "architettare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "To form by an exercise of ingenuity; to devise; to plan; to scheme; to plot",
      "word": "escogitare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "To form by an exercise of ingenuity; to devise; to plan; to scheme; to plot",
      "word": "inventare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "To form by an exercise of ingenuity; to devise; to plan; to scheme; to plot",
      "word": "mettere su"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "pergerlemek",
      "sense": "To form by an exercise of ingenuity; to devise; to plan; to scheme; to plot",
      "word": "پرگارلامق"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zamyšljatʹ",
      "sense": "To form by an exercise of ingenuity; to devise; to plan; to scheme; to plot",
      "word": "замышлять"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "To form by an exercise of ingenuity; to devise; to plan; to scheme; to plot",
      "word": "idear"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "To form by an exercise of ingenuity; to devise; to plan; to scheme; to plot",
      "word": "discurrir"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "To form by an exercise of ingenuity; to devise; to plan; to scheme; to plot",
      "word": "tänka ut"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "To form by an exercise of ingenuity; to devise; to plan; to scheme; to plot",
      "word": "akıl etmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "izobretjavam",
      "sense": "To invent, to make devices; to form designs especially by improvisation",
      "word": "изобретявам"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "To invent, to make devices; to form designs especially by improvisation",
      "word": "ontwerpen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "To invent, to make devices; to form designs especially by improvisation",
      "word": "keksiä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "To invent, to make devices; to form designs especially by improvisation",
      "word": "improvisoida"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "To invent, to make devices; to form designs especially by improvisation",
      "word": "inventer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "To invent, to make devices; to form designs especially by improvisation",
      "word": "entwerfen"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "mēkhanáomai",
      "sense": "To invent, to make devices; to form designs especially by improvisation",
      "word": "μηχανάομαι"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "To invent, to make devices; to form designs especially by improvisation",
      "word": "inventa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "To invent, to make devices; to form designs especially by improvisation",
      "word": "improviza"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "izobretátʹ",
      "sense": "To invent, to make devices; to form designs especially by improvisation",
      "word": "изобрета́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "To invent, to make devices; to form designs especially by improvisation",
      "word": "improvisar"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "To invent, to make devices; to form designs especially by improvisation",
      "word": "icat etmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "To invent, to make devices; to form designs especially by improvisation",
      "word": "tasarlamak"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "To project, cast, or set forth, as in a projection of light",
      "word": "plannen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "To project, cast, or set forth, as in a projection of light",
      "word": "heittää"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "To project, cast, or set forth, as in a projection of light",
      "word": "bewerkstelligen"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "To project, cast, or set forth, as in a projection of light",
      "word": "yolunu bulmak"
    }
  ],
  "word": "contrive"
}

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