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1 contrivance
1) (the act of contriving.) invención, invento; estratagema2) (something contrived (especially something mechanical): a contrivance for making the door open automatically.) dispositivo, artilugiotr[kən'traɪvəns]1 (device, tool) artefacto, invento, cacharro, artilugio, aparato2 (plan) estratagema, artimaña, tretacontrivance [kən'traɪvənts] n1) device: aparato m, artefacto m2) scheme: artimaña f, treta f, ardid mn.• artefacto s.m.• artificio s.m.• invención s.f.• plan s.m.kən'traɪvənsa) c ( device) artilugio m, aparato mb) c u ( stratagem) artimaña f, treta f[kǝn'traɪvǝns]N (=machine, device) artilugio m, aparato m ; (=invention) invención f, invento m ; (=stratagem) estratagema f* * *[kən'traɪvəns]a) c ( device) artilugio m, aparato mb) c u ( stratagem) artimaña f, treta f -
2 contrivance
nMECH ENG artefacto m, dispositivo m, invención f, máquina f -
3 contrivance
s.1 aparato (device); estratagema (scheme, plan)2 argucia.3 dispositivo, novedad, aparato, innovación. -
4 contrive
1) (to manage (to do something): He contrived to remove the money from her bag.) ideárselas, ingeniárselas para2) (to make in a clever way: He contrived a tent from an old sack.) idear, lograr•tr[kən'traɪv]2 (manage) conseguir, lograr■ he somehow contrived an interview with the singer se las arregló para entrevistarse con el cantante1) devise: idear, ingeniar, maquinar2) manage: lograr, ingeniárselas parashe contrived a way out of the mess: se las ingenió para salir del enredov.• darse maña expr.• discurrir v.• idear v.• ingeniar v.• inventar v.• maquinar v.• tramar v.• urdir v.kən'traɪva) ( manage)to contrive to + INF — lograr + inf/que (+ subj), ingeniárselas or arreglárselas para + inf/para que (+ subj)
b) ( create) \<\<method/device\>\> idear; \<\<meeting\>\> arreglar[kǝn'traɪv]1.VT [+ plan, scheme] inventar, idear2.VIto contrive to do — (=manage, arrange) lograr hacer; (=try) procurar hacer
* * *[kən'traɪv]a) ( manage)to contrive to + INF — lograr + inf/que (+ subj), ingeniárselas or arreglárselas para + inf/para que (+ subj)
b) ( create) \<\<method/device\>\> idear; \<\<meeting\>\> arreglar
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Contrivance — Con*triv ance, n. 1. The act or faculty of contriving, inventing, devising, or planning. [1913 Webster] The machine which we are inspecting demonstrates, by its construction, contrivance and design. Contrivance must have had a contriver. Paley.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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contrivance — I noun artifice, collusion, complicity, connivance, craft, deception, design, designing power, device, dodge, engineering, excogitatio, intrigue, inventio, invention, inventiveness, machination, maneuver, manipulation, means to an end, mechanism … Law dictionary
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