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contrive

verb

1 contrive

Make or work out a plan for; devise:
— They contrived to murder their boss.

synonyms: design, plan, project.

Roget 626: plan, scheme, design, frame, contrive, project, forecast, sketch; devise, invent etc. (imagine) 515; set one's wits to work ... show more

Roget 702: be cunning etc. adj.; have cut one's eyeteeth; contrive etc. (plan) 626; live by one's wits; maneuver; intrigue, gerrymander, finesse, double, ... show more

Dutch: ontwerpen, bedenken, concipiƫren, plannen, uitdenken, uitstippelen, verzinnen, vinden

2 contrive

Come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort.

synonyms: devise, excogitate, forge, formulate, invent.

Roget 161: produce, perform, operate, do, make, gar, form, construct, fabricate, frame, contrive, manufacture; weave, ... show more

Dutch: uitdenken

3 contrive

Put or send forth.

synonyms: cast, project, throw.


Moby thesaurus: angle, arrange, be so, be such, beget, breed, bring, bring forth, bring into being, bring on, calculate, call forth, call into being, cast, clear, clear the hurdle, cogitate, coin, collogue, collude ... show more.

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