contrivance
contrivance · contrivances
устройство, приспособление, затея, план
Vorrichtung, Maschinerie, Apparat, Behelf
A device to perform a certain taskA (mechanical) device to perform a certain task.
/kənˈtɹaɪ.vəns/
Meaning
4 sensesA (mechanical) device to perform a certain task.
Vorrichtung, Maschinerie, Apparat
устро́йствоustrójstvo, приспособле́ниеprisposoblénije
A means, such as an elaborate plan or strategy, to accomplish a certain objective.
Vorrichtung, Erfindung, Plan
зате́яzatéja, планplan, вы́думкаvýdumka
Something overly artful or artificial.
Konstrukt
ухищре́ниеuxiščrénije, ухва́ткаuxvátka
The making of cunning or deceitful plans
More definitions
- the faculty of contriving; inventive skill
- an artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc.
- an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade
- the act of devising something
Translations
8 languagesРусский
By meaning 3
(mechanical) device to perform a certain task:
elaborate means to accomplish an objective:
something overly artful or artificial:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
(mechanical) device to perform a certain task:
elaborate means to accomplish an objective:
something overly artful or artificial:
Forms
plural: contrivances| Singular | contrivance |
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regular
Synonyms
13 synonymsWord family
2 related wordsRelatedcontriveC2
Derivednoncontrivance