Contrivance
nounverified·updated May 18, 2026
an artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc.
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the act of devising something
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a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
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any improvised arrangement for temporary use
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the faculty of contriving
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an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade
Classifications
Entity Type
Unknown—glossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- appliancecontraptionconveniencedevisaldodgegadgetgismogizmolash-upwidget
- plural
- Contrivances
- possessive
- Contrivance's
- pluralpossessive
- Contrivances'