contriving
Meaning of contriving
verb, gerund or present participle
- create or bring about (an object or a situation) by deliberate use of skill and artifice.
his opponents contrived a cabinet crisis
you contrived to be alone with me despite the supervision
Middle English: from Old French contreuve-, stressed stem of controver ‘imagine, invent’, from medieval Latin contropare ‘compare’.
Information about contriving
- It is a verb.
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Hyphenation of contriving
con-triv-ing
- It consists of 3 syllables and 10 chars.
- contriving is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
contriving synonyms
Meaning skilfully arrange for (something) to occur:
Meaning invent (evidence or a story):
Meaning arrange or score (music) for orchestral performance:
Meaning bring (something) into existence:
Meaning plan or invent (a complex procedure, system, or mechanism) by careful thought:
Meaning create or devise (a story or plan):
Meaning build or make (something, typically a building, road, or machine):
Meaning do or plan (something) with a specific purpose in mind:
Meaning create or prepare methodically:
Meaning decide on and make arrangements for in advance:
Meaning invent (something) in order to deceive:
Meaning secretly make plans to carry out (an illegal or harmful action):
Meaning a door in an aircraft, spacecraft, or submarine:
Meaning manage to obtain (something) by persuading or cleverly manipulating someone:
Meaning cause (something) to happen:
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