contrivance

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noun

1. a device or control that is very useful for a particular job (Freq. 2)
• Syn:
appliance, contraption, convenience, gadget, gizmo,
gismo, widget
• Derivationally related forms:
gadgeteer (for: gadget), convenient (for: convenience)
• Hypernyms:
device
• Hyponyms:
gadgetry, gimbal, injector, mod con
2. the faculty of contriving;
inventive skill (Freq. 1)
- his skillful contrivance of answers to every problem
• Hypernyms:
invention, innovation, excogitation, conception, design
3. an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade
- his testimony was just a contrivance to throw us off the track
• Syn:
stratagem, dodge
• Derivationally related forms:
dodgy (for: dodge)
• Hypernyms:
scheme, strategy
• Hyponyms:
plant, pump-and-dump scheme, wangle, wangling
4. an artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc.
- the plot contained too many improbable contrivances to be believable
• Hypernyms:
arrangement, organization, organisation, system
5. any improvised arrangement for temporary use
• Syn:
lash-up
• Hypernyms:
arrangement
• Hyponyms:
temporary hookup, patch
6. the act of devising something
• Syn:
devisal
• Derivationally related forms:
contrive, devise (for: devisal)
• Hypernyms:
invention

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  devisal, lash-up, stratagem, dodge, appliance, contraption, convenience, gadget, gizmo, gismo, widget