- The act of contriving.
- The state of being contrived.
- Something contrived, as a mechanical device or a clever plan.
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noun
The noun has 6 meanings:
Meaning #1:
a device that very useful for a particular job
Synonyms: appliance, contraption, convenience, gadget, gizmo, gismo, widget
Meaning #2:
the faculty of contriving; inventive skill
Meaning #3:
an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade
Synonyms: stratagem, dodge
Meaning #4:
an artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc.
Meaning #5:
any improvised arrangement for temporary use
Synonym: lash-up
Meaning #6:
the act of devising something
Synonym: devisal
Dansk (Danish)
n. - påfund, udtænken, opfinderevne
Nederlands (Dutch)
apparaat, slimmigheid, vernuft
Français (French)
n. - engin, stratagème, ingéniosité
Deutsch (German)
n. - Gerät, Apparat, Erfindung, Plan
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - επινόηση, τέχνασμα, κόλπο, συσκευή, μαραφέτι
Italiano (Italian)
aggeggio, espediente, artificio, invenzione, trovata, ingegno
Português (Portuguese)
n. - maquinação (f), artifício (m), dispositivo (m), sagacidade (f)
Русский (Russian)
приспособление, устройство, изобретательность
Español (Spanish)
n. - aparato, treta, estratagema, artefacto, invención, ingenio
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - anordning, inrättning, uppfinning, uppfinningsförmåga, knep
中文(简体) (Chinese (Simplified))
发明, 想出的办法, 发明的才能
中文(繁體) (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 發明, 想出的辦法, 發明的才能
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 考案品, 考案, 計略, たくらみ
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) ابتكار, تدبير, خطه, مكيدة, حيله
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - תחבולה, כושר המצאה, מיתקן, אמצאה
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