contrivance

Noun

Meaning

The act or faculty of contriving, inventing, devising, or planning.

The thing contrived, invented, or planned; disposition of parts or causes by design; a scheme; plan; atrifice; arrangement.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

contraption dodge gizmo design plan machine device shift scheme invention convenience appliance artifice stratagem devisal
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Antonyms

earth seascape country forest oath flora
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Hypernyms

system design device organization arrangement scheme

Hyponyms

plant patch injector gimbal gadgetry wangle

Phrases with the word

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Examples

Every contrivance of man, every tool, every instrument, every utensil, every article designed for use, of each and every kind, evolved from a very simple beginnings. Robert Collier

We photographers deal in things which are continually vanishing, and when they have vanished there is no contrivance on earth can make them come back again. We cannot develop and print a memory. Henri Cartier-Bresson

No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into a jail; for being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned... a man in a jail has more room, better food, and commonly better company. Samuel Johnson

At each increase of knowledge, as well as on the contrivance of every new tool, human labour becomes abridged. Charles Babbage

No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into a jail; for being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned. Samuel Johnson

Contrivance is better than force. French Proverb

Close letter words and terms

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