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contrive to do something

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  • contrive — UK [kənˈtraɪv] / US verb Word forms contrive : present tense I/you/we/they contrive he/she/it contrives present participle contriving past tense contrived past participle contrived formal 1) a) [transitive] to make something happen, especially by …   English dictionary

  • contrive — [[t]kəntra͟ɪv[/t]] contrives, contriving, contrived 1) VERB If you contrive an event or situation, you succeed in making it happen, often by tricking someone. [FORMAL] [V n] The oil companies were accused of contriving a shortage of gasoline to… …   English dictionary

  • contrive — con|trive [ kən traıv ] verb FORMAL 1. ) transitive to make something happen, especially by using clever or dishonest methods: They would have to contrive a meeting. a ) intransitive to succeed in doing something, especially something difficult:… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • contrive — contrive, devise, invent, frame, concoct mean to find a way of making or doing something or of achieving an end by the exercise of one s mind. Contrive implies ingenuity or cleverness in planning, designing, or in scheming; it is a matter of… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • contrive — ► VERB 1) devise or plan using skill and artifice. 2) manage to do something foolish. DERIVATIVES contrivable adjective contriver noun. ORIGIN Old French controver imagine, invent , from Latin contropare compare …   English terms dictionary

  • contrive — verb (T) 1 to arrange an event or situation in a clever way, especially secretly or by deceiving people: He managed to contrive a meeting between Janet and her ex boyfriend. 2 formal to succeed in doing something in spite of difficulties:… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • contrive — con|trive [kənˈtraıv] v [T] [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: controver, from Late Latin contropare] 1.) formal to succeed in doing something in spite of difficulties contrive to do sth ▪ Schindler contrived to save more than 1,000 Polish… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • contrive — [kənˈtraɪv] verb [T] formal 1) to succeed in doing something difficult by using clever or dishonest methods 2) to invent or make something in a clever or unusual way …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • contrive — con·trive || kÉ™n traɪv v. devise, invent, concoct; succeed through stratagem; manage to do something …   English contemporary dictionary

  • contrive — [kən trʌɪv] verb 1》 devise or plan using skill and artifice. 2》 manage to do something foolish. Derivatives contrivable adjective contriver noun Origin ME: from OFr. contreuve , stressed stem of controver imagine, invent , from med. L. contropare …   English new terms dictionary

  • contrive — [c]/kənˈtraɪv / (say kuhn truyv) verb (contrived, contriving) –verb (t) 1. to plan with ingenuity; devise; invent. 2. to plot (evil, etc.). 3. to bring about or effect by a device, stratagem, plan, or scheme; manage (to do something). –verb (i) 4 …  

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