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Meaning of contrivance
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
contrivance
n 1: a device or control that is very useful for a particular
job [syn: {appliance}, {contraption}, {contrivance},
{convenience}, {gadget}, {gizmo}, {gismo}, {widget}]
2: the faculty of contriving; inventive skill; "his skillful
contrivance of answers to every problem"
3: an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or
evade; "his testimony was just a contrivance to throw us off
the track" [syn: {contrivance}, {stratagem}, {dodge}]
4: an artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement
of details or parts etc.; "the plot contained too many
improbable contrivances to be believable"
5: any improvised arrangement for temporary use [syn: {lash-up},
{contrivance}]
6: the act of devising something [syn: {devisal}, {contrivance}]
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