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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024con•trive /kənˈtraɪv/USA pronunciation v., -trived, -triv•ing. - [~ + object] to plan with great cleverness;
figure out;
invent: They managed to contrive a means of escape. - [~ + to + verb] to bring about by a plan, scheme, etc.;
find a way to do something, esp. by scheming: He contrived to gain their votes.
con•triv•er, n. [countable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024con•trive (kən trīv′),USA pronunciation v., -trived, -triv•ing. v.t. - to plan with ingenuity;
devise;
invent:The author contrived a clever plot. - to bring about or effect by a plan, scheme, or the like;
manage:He contrived to gain their votes. - to plot (evil, treachery, etc.).
v.i. - to form designs;
plan. - to plot.
- Late Latin contropāre to compare, equivalent. to con- con- + *tropāre (French trouver to find; see trover); development of vowel unclear
- Middle French contreuv-, tonic stem of controver to devise, invent, Old French: to decide, agree upon
- Middle English contreven 1275–1325
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged design, concoct. See prepare.
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged conspire, scheme.
- 5.See corresponding entry in Unabridged connive.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: contrive /kənˈtraɪv/ vb - (transitive) to manage (something or to do something), esp by means of a trick; engineer: he contrived to make them meet
- (transitive) to think up or adapt ingeniously or elaborately: he contrived a new mast for the boat
- to plot or scheme (treachery, evil, etc)
Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French controver, from Late Latin contropāre to represent by figures of speech, compare, from Latin com- together + tropus figure of speech, tropeconˈtriver n |