The meaning of CONTRIVE is devise, plan. How to use contrive in a sentence.

CONTRIVE definition: 1. to arrange a situation or event, or arrange for something to happen, using clever planning: 2…. Learn more.

1. (tr) to manage (something or to do something), esp by means of a trick; engineer: he contrived to make them meet. 2. (tr) to think up or adapt ingeniously or elaborately: he contrived a new mast for the boat.

Synonyms for CONTRIVE: devise, concoct, invent, construct, design, manufacture, produce, think (up); Antonyms of CONTRIVE: imitate, reproduce, replicate, mimic, copy, duplicate, clone, reduplicate

When you contrive, you make a plan or a plot. It may take you longer to contrive your way out of doing your homework than would to actually do it. Even though contrive often has a false or cunning feel to it, it is not always a bad thing.

CONTRIVE meaning: to manage to do something difficult, or to make something happen, by using your intelligence or by…. Learn more.

to form designs; plan. to plot.

If you contrive an event or situation, you succeed in making it happen, often by tricking someone. The oil companies were accused of contriving a shortage of petrol to justify price increases.

If you contrive an event or situation, you succeed in making it happen, often by tricking someone.

If you contrive an event or situation, you succeed in making it happen, often by tricking someone. The oil companies were accused of contriving a shortage of petrol to justify price increases.