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English

Detailed Synonyms for contrive in English

contrive:

to contrive verb (contrives, contrived, contriving)

  1. to contrive
    to invent; to contrive; to devise; to make up
    • invent verb (invents, invented, inventing)
    • contrive verb (contrives, contrived, contriving)
    • devise verb (devises, devised, devising)
    • make up verb (makes up, made up, making up)
  2. to contrive
    to plan; to contrive; to set up; to devise; to plot
    • plan verb (plans, planned, planning)
    • contrive verb (contrives, contrived, contriving)
    • set up verb (sets up, set up, setting up)
    • devise verb (devises, devised, devising)
    • plot verb (plots, plotted, plotting)
  3. to contrive
    – come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort 1
    to devise; to forge; to invent; to contrive; to formulate; excogitate
    – come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort 1
    • devise verb (devises, devised, devising)
    • forge verb (forges, forged, forging)
    • invent verb (invents, invented, inventing)
    • contrive verb (contrives, contrived, contriving)
    • formulate verb (formulates, formulated, formulating)
    • excogitate verb
      • excogitate a way to measure the speed of light1
  4. to contrive
    – put or send forth 1
    to cast; to throw; to project; to contrive
    – put or send forth 1
    • cast verb (casts, casted, casting)
      • cast a spell1
      • cast a warm light1
    • throw verb (throws, threw, throwing)
      • She threw the flashlight beam into the corner1
      • The setting sun threw long shadows1
    • project verb (projects, projected, projecting)
    • contrive verb (contrives, contrived, contriving)
  5. to contrive
    – make or work out a plan for; devise 1
    to design; to plan; to project; to contrive
    – make or work out a plan for; devise 1
    • design verb (designs, designed, designing)
      • design a new sales strategy1
    • plan verb (plans, planned, planning)
      • plan an attack1
    • project verb (projects, projected, projecting)
    • contrive verb (contrives, contrived, contriving)
      • They contrived to murder their boss1

Conjugations for contrive:

present
  1. contrive
  2. contrive
  3. contrives
  4. contrive
  5. contrive
  6. contrive
simple past
  1. contrived
  2. contrived
  3. contrived
  4. contrived
  5. contrived
  6. contrived
present perfect
  1. have contrived
  2. have contrived
  3. has contrived
  4. have contrived
  5. have contrived
  6. have contrived
past continuous
  1. was contriving
  2. were contriving
  3. was contriving
  4. were contriving
  5. were contriving
  6. were contriving
future
  1. shall contrive
  2. will contrive
  3. will contrive
  4. shall contrive
  5. will contrive
  6. will contrive
continuous present
  1. am contriving
  2. are contriving
  3. is contriving
  4. are contriving
  5. are contriving
  6. are contriving
subjunctive
  1. be contrived
  2. be contrived
  3. be contrived
  4. be contrived
  5. be contrived
  6. be contrived
diverse
  1. contrive!
  2. let's contrive!
  3. contrived
  4. contriving
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

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Related Definitions for "contrive":

  1. come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort1
  2. put or send forth1
  3. make or work out a plan for; devise1
    • They contrived to murder their boss1