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con·triv·ance
 contrivance
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- pronunciation:
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- features:
- Word Combinations (noun)
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noun |
| definition 1: |
the act of contriving.
- synonyms:
- fabricating, intrigue, inventing, invention, planning, plotting, scheming
- similar words:
- delusion
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| definition 2: |
the condition of being contrived.
- synonyms:
- ingeniousness, ingenuity, inventiveness
- similar words:
- delusion, originality
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| definition 3: |
that which has been contrived, such as a mechanical device, invention, or scheme.
- synonyms:
- invention, scheme, stratagem
- similar words:
- cabal, contraption, creation, device, doodad, gadget, gizmo, instrument, intrigue, machine, mechanism, plan, plot, rig, subterfuge, thingamabob, thingamajig
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| related words: |
appliance, collusion, expedient, makeshift, trick |
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