| VERB | creation | contrive, plan, project, design | make or work out a plan for |
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| creation | contrive, invent, devise, excogitate, formulate, forge | come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort / effort | |
| creation | contrive, project, cast, throw | put or send forth |
| Sounds | kahntray'v | |
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| Rhymes | alive ... thrive: 23 rhymes with ayv... | |
| Meaning | make or work out a plan for; devise. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE | |
| Model | They contrive to move | |
| Example | "They contrived to murder their boss" | |
| Synonyms | plan, project, design | |
| Narrower | concert | contrive (a plan) by mutual agreement |
| map, map out | plan, delineate, or arrange in detail | |
| plot | Devise the sequence of events in (a literary work or a play, movie, or ballet) | |
| Broader | create by mental act, create mentally | Create mentally and abstractly rather than with one's hands |
| Spanish | planear, planificar | |
| Catalan | planejar, planificar | |
| Nouns | contriver | a person who makes plans |
| Meaning | come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort / effort. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Model | Did he contrive his major works over a short period of time? | |
| Synonyms | invent, devise, excogitate, formulate, forge | |
| Broader | create by mental act, create mentally | Create mentally and abstractly rather than with one's hands |
| Spanish | falsificar, formular, idear, inventar, tramar | |
| Catalan | falsificar, formular, idear, inventar, preveure, tramar | |
| Nouns | contrivance | the act of devising something |
| Meaning | put or send forth. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | project, cast, throw | |
| Narrower | shoot | Send forth suddenly, intensely, swiftly |
| Broader | send, direct | Cause to go somewhere |
| Spanish | proyectar | |
| Catalan | projectar | |
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