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contrivance
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Contrivance
01
a device, tool, or mechanism designed to perform a specific function or task efficiently
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The kitchen was full of contrivances for cooking and baking.
02
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the ability to invent or solve problems through clever thinking
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The engineer 's contrivance led to a breakthrough in design.
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03
an improvised or makeshift arrangement used temporarily
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The campers built a contrivance to hold their pots over the fire.
04
an elaborate, deceitful, or cleverly planned scheme designed to mislead or evade
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His contrivance to avoid taxes was eventually discovered.
05
an artificial, unnatural, or obviously staged arrangement of details or elements
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Critics called the dialogue a contrivance, lacking real emotion.
06
a plot device or literary technique used to resolve a difficult situation in an unexpected or artificial way
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Critics noted the contrivance that solved the story's central conflict.
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contrivance
contrive
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