| NOUN | artifact | contrivance, appliance, contraption, convenience, gadget, gizmo, gismo, widget | a device or control that is very useful for a particular job |
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| cognition | contrivance | the faculty of contriving | |
| cognition | contrivance, stratagem, dodge | an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived / contrived to deceive or evade | |
| cognition | contrivance | an artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc. | |
| artifact | contrivance, lash-up | any improvised arrangement for temporary use | |
| act | contrivance, devisal | the act of devising something |
| Sounds | kahntray'vahns | |
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| Rhymes | abeyance ... virulence: 273 rhymes with ahns... | |
| Meaning | A device or control that is very useful for a particular job. | |
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| Synonyms | appliance, contraption, convenience, gadget, gizmo, gismo, widget | |
| Narrower | gadgetry | appliances collectively |
| gimbal | An appliance that allows an object (such as a ship's compass) to remain horizontal even as its support tips | |
| injector | A contrivance for injecting (e.g., water into the boiler of a steam engine or particles into an accelerator etc.) | |
| mod con | modern convenience | |
| Broader | device | An instrumentality invented for a particular purpose |
| Spanish | adminículo, aparato, armatoste, artilugio, dispositivo, gadget, gizmo, ingenio, utensilio | |
| Catalan | aparell, dispositiu, enginy, fòtil, gadget, gizmo, maquineta | |
| Meaning | The faculty of contriving; inventive skill. | |
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| Example | "his skillful contrivance of answers to every problem" | |
| Broader | invention, innovation, excogitation, conception, design | The creation of something in the mind |
| Meaning | An elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived / contrived to deceive or evade. | |
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| Example | "his testimony was just a contrivance to throw us off the track" | |
| Synonyms | stratagem, dodge | |
| Narrower | plant | Something planted secretly for discovery by another |
| pump-and-dump scheme | An illegal scheme for making money by manipulating stock prices | |
| wangle, wangling | An instance of accomplishing something by scheming or trickery | |
| Broader | scheme, strategy | An elaborate and systematic plan of action |
| Spanish | estratagema | |
| Meaning | An artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc.. | |
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| Example | "the plot contained too many improbable contrivances to be believable" | |
| Broader | arrangement, organization, organisation, system | An organized structure for arranging or classifying |
| Meaning | Any improvised arrangement for temporary use. | |
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| Synonym | lash-up | |
| Narrower | temporary hookup, patch | A connection intended to be used for a limited time |
| Broader | arrangement | An orderly grouping (of things or persons) considered as a unit |
| Spanish | chapuza | |
| Meaning | The act of devising something. | |
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| Synonym | devisal | |
| Broader | invention | The act of inventing |
| Spanish | invento | |
| Verbs | contrive | come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort / effort |
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