Come pronunciare "contrivance"

• "contrivance" pronunciato in Inglese.

Significati e definizioni di "contrivance"

Noun

a device or control that is very useful for a particular job

Sinonimi:

• appliance
• contraption
• contrivance
• convenience
• gadget
• gizmo
• gismo
• widget

Noun

the faculty of contriving; inventive skill; "his skillful contrivance of answers to every problem"

Sinonimi:

• contrivance

Noun

an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade; "his testimony was just a contrivance to throw us off the track"

Sinonimi:

• contrivance
• stratagem
• dodge

Noun

an artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc.; "the plot contained too many improbable contrivances to be believable"

Sinonimi:

• contrivance

Noun

any improvised arrangement for temporary use

Sinonimi:

• lash-up
• contrivance

Noun

the act of devising something

Sinonimi:

• devisal
• contrivance