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Word: Contrive
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
Middle English: from Old French contreuve-, stressed stem of controver ‘imagine, invent’, from medieval Latin contropare ‘compare’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
kənˈtrʌɪv
Dialects: British English
Definition:
create or bring about (an object or a situation) by deliberate use of skill and artifice
Short Definition:create or bring about object or situation by deliberate use of skill and artifice
Examples:- his opponents contrived a cabinet crisis
- you contrived to be alone with me despite the supervision
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