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contrive
Overview of verb contrive
The verb contrive has 3 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (1) plan, project, contrive, design -- (make or work out a plan for; devise; "They contrived to murder their boss"; "design a new sales strategy"; "plan an attack")
2. (1) invent, contrive, devise, excogitate, formulate, forge -- (come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort; "excogitate a way to measure the speed of light")
3. project, cast, contrive, throw -- (put or send forth; "She threw the flashlight beam into the corner"; "The setting sun threw long shadows"; "cast a spell"; "cast a warm light")
Grep of noun contrive
contriver
Antonyms of verb contrive
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb contrive
3 senses of contrive
Sense 1
plan, project, contrive, design
=> create by mental act, create mentally
=> make, create
Sense 2
invent, contrive, devise, excogitate, formulate, forge
=> create by mental act, create mentally
=> make, create
Sense 3
project, cast, contrive, throw
=> send, direct
=> move, displace
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb contrive
2 of 3 senses of contrive
Sense 1
plan, project, contrive, design
=> concert
=> map, map out
Sense 3
project, cast, contrive, throw
=> shoot
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb contrive
3 senses of contrive
Sense 1
plan, project, contrive, design
=> create by mental act, create mentally
Sense 2
invent, contrive, devise, excogitate, formulate, forge
=> create by mental act, create mentally
Sense 3
project, cast, contrive, throw
=> send, direct
'Cause To' of verb contrive
Derived Forms of verb contrive
2 of 3 senses of contrive
Sense 1
plan, project, contrive, design
RELATED TO>(noun) contriver#1
=> planner, contriver, deviser
Sense 2
invent, contrive, devise, excogitate, formulate, forge
RELATED TO>(noun) contrivance#6
=> devisal, contrivance
Domain of verb contrive
Domain Terms of verb contrive
Familiarity of verb contrive
contrive used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Sample Sentences of verb contrive
3 senses of contrive
Sense 1
plan, project, contrive, design
EX: They contrive to move
Sense 2
invent, contrive, devise, excogitate, formulate, forge
EX: Did he contrive his major works over a short period of time?
Sense 3
project, cast, contrive, throw
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb contrive
3 senses of contrive
Sense 1
plan, project, contrive, design
> create by mental act, create mentally
=> draw, make
=> re-create
=> give birth
=> schematize
=> invent, contrive, devise, excogitate, formulate, forge
=> gestate, conceive, conceptualize, conceptualise
=> think up, think of, dream up, hatch, concoct
=> imagine, conceive of, ideate, envisage
=> plan, project, contrive, design
=> design, plan
=> write
=> evolve, germinate, develop
=> program, programme
=> construct
=> construct
Sense 2
invent, contrive, devise, excogitate, formulate, forge
> create by mental act, create mentally
=> draw, make
=> re-create
=> give birth
=> schematize
=> invent, contrive, devise, excogitate, formulate, forge
=> gestate, conceive, conceptualize, conceptualise
=> think up, think of, dream up, hatch, concoct
=> imagine, conceive of, ideate, envisage
=> plan, project, contrive, design
=> design, plan
=> write
=> evolve, germinate, develop
=> program, programme
=> construct
=> construct
Sense 3
project, cast, contrive, throw
> send, direct
=> project, cast, contrive, throw
=> turn
=> turn
=> divert
=> route
=> refer
=> redirect, airt
=> blow
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb contrive
Sense 1
plan, project, contrive, design
=> create by mental act, create mentally
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Sense 2
invent, contrive, devise, excogitate, formulate, forge
=> create by mental act, create mentally
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Sense 3
project, cast, contrive, throw
=> send, direct
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Grep of verb contrive
contrive
Grep of adj contrive
contrived
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