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Verb
/kənˈtrīv/,
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contrived, past participle; contrives, 3rd person singular present; contriving, present participle; contrived, past tense;
  1. Create or bring about (an object or a situation) by deliberate use of skill and artifice
    • - his opponents contrived a crisis
    • - you contrived to be alone with me despite the supervision
  2. Manage to do something foolish or create an undesirable situation
    • - the poor guy in some way contrived to hang himself
  1. (contrive) plan: make or work out a plan for; devise; "They contrived to murder their boss"; "design a new sales strategy"; "plan an attack"
  2. (contrive) invent: come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort; "excogitate a way to measure the speed of light"
  3. (contrive) project: put or send forth; "She threw the flashlight beam into the corner"; "The setting sun threw long shadows"; "cast a spell"; "cast a warm light"
  4. Contrive are a heavy metal band from Melbourne, Australia formed in 1999. Their musical style has been compared to that of Sepultura.
  5. (contrive) To form by an exercise of ingenuity; to devise; to plan; to scheme; to plot; To invent, to make devices; to form designs especially by improvisation; To project, cast, or set forth, as in a projection of light