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1 contrived
con.trived[kəntr'aivd] adj elaborado, trabalhado, inventado. -
2 he contrived to lose all his money
he contrived to lose all his moneyironic ele conseguiu perder todo o dinheiro.English-Portuguese dictionary > he contrived to lose all his money
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3 contrive
1) (to manage (to do something): He contrived to remove the money from her bag.) conseguir2) (to make in a clever way: He contrived a tent from an old sack.) fabricar•* * *con.trive[kəntr'aiv] vt+vi 1 inventar, excogitar. 2 planejar, projetar, tramar. he contrived ways of handling the situation / ele planejou meios de lidar com a situação. 3 efetuar, conseguir, dar um jeito. 4 produzir, realizar. he contrived to lose all his money ironic ele conseguiu perder todo o dinheiro. -
4 contrive
1) (to manage (to do something): He contrived to remove the money from her bag.) dar um jeito2) (to make in a clever way: He contrived a tent from an old sack.) fabricar• -
5 contrivance
1) (the act of contriving.) invenção2) (something contrived (especially something mechanical): a contrivance for making the door open automatically.) dispositivo* * *con.triv.ance[kəntr'aivəns] n 1 aparelho, dispositivo, instrumento. 2 idéia, habilidade de invenção, sagacidade, perspicácia. 3 plano, artifício. full of contrivances cheio de idéias ou de invenções. -
6 contrivance
1) (the act of contriving.) maquinação2) (something contrived (especially something mechanical): a contrivance for making the door open automatically.) engenhoca
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Contrived — Origin Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Genres Rock, alternative Years active 2000–present Labels Dependent Hand Drawn Dracula … Wikipedia
contrived — index aforethought, assumed (feigned), controlled (automatic), strategic, tactical Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William … Law dictionary
contrived — [adj] overly planned affected, artificial, elaborate, fake, false, forced, labored, manipulated, overdone, phony, recherché, strained, unnatural, unspontaneous; concepts 564,582 … New thesaurus
contrived — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ deliberately created rather than arising spontaneously … English terms dictionary
contrived — [kəntrīvd′] adj. too obviously the result of forethought and planning; not spontaneous or natural … English World dictionary
contrived — [[t]kəntra͟ɪvd[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED (disapproval) If you say that something someone says or does is contrived, you think it is false and deliberate, rather than natural and not planned. There was nothing contrived or calculated about what he said … English dictionary
contrived — adj. VERBS ▪ be, seem, sound ADVERB ▪ extremely, fairly, very, etc. ▪ highly … Collocations dictionary
contrived — adjective a story, situation etc that is contrived has been written or arranged in a way that seems false and not natural: The film had a ridiculously contrived story line … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
Contrived — Contrive Con*trive (k[o^]n*tr[imac]v ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Contrived}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Contriving}.] [OE. contriven, contreven, controven, to invent, OF. controver, contruver; con + trouver to find. See {Troubadour}, {trover}.] To form by an… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
contrived — adjective Date: 15th century artificial, labored < a contrived plot > … New Collegiate Dictionary
contrived — contrivedly /keuhn truy vid lee/, adv. /keuhn truyvd /, adj. obviously planned or forced; artificial; strained: a contrived story. [1505 15; CONTRIVE + ED2] * * * … Universalium