contrivance
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /kənˈtɹaɪ.vəns/
contrivance (plural contrivances)
- a (mechanical) device to perform a certain task
- a means, such as an elaborate plan or strategy, to accomplish a certain objective
- 2005, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. 266b.
- And along with each of these go their images, not the things themselves, — they too have come about by godlike contrivance.
- 2005, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. 266b.
- something overly artful or artificial
- French: appareil, dispositif
- German: Vorrichtung, Maschinerie, Apparat, Behelf
- Italian: aggeggio, marchingegno
- Portuguese: aparelho
- Russian: устро́йство
- Spanish: aparato
- German: Vorrichtung, Erfindung, Plan, Kniff, List, Kunstgriff, Planung, Findigkeit
- Italian: stratagemma, artefizio, espediente, accorgimento, sotterfugio
- Portuguese: artifício, artimanha
- Russian: зате́я
- Spanish: artificio, artimaña, estratagema
- Italian: catorcio, trabiccolo, carretta
- Russian: ухищре́ние
- Spanish: artefacto, artilugio
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