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noun1) (contriving) Plan, der2) (inventing) Ersinnen, das3) (device) Gerät, das* * *1) (the act of contriving.) die Findigkeit2) (something contrived (especially something mechanical): a contrivance for making the door open automatically.) die Vorrichtung* * *con·tri·vance[kənˈtraɪvən(t)s]n2. no pl (devising) Planung f; (invention) Erfindung f; (imagination) Erfindungsgabe f, Findigkeit fI'm sure it was a \contrivance ich bin sicher, dass es ein abgekartetes Spiel war fam* * *[kən'traIvəns]n2) (= devising, scheming) Planung f; (= invention) Erfindung f; (= inventiveness) Findigkeit f, Erfindungsgabe f3) (= plan, scheme) List f* * *1. TECHa) Ein-, Vorrichtung f:adjusting contrivance Stellvorrichtungb) Gerät n, Apparat m2. Erfindung f3. Erfindungsgabe f, Findigkeit f4. Bewerkstelligung f5. Plan m6. Kunstgriff m, List f, Kniff m* * *noun1) (contriving) Plan, der2) (inventing) Ersinnen, das3) (device) Gerät, das* * *n.Erfindung f.Vorrichtung f. -
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makeshift — shift, expedient, *resource, resort, stopgap, substitute, surrogate Analogous words: *device, contrivance, contraption, gadget: *mean, instrument, agency, instrumentality … New Dictionary of Synonyms
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