Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - contrive
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Contrive
contrive
verb (~d; contriving) Etymology: Middle English controven, contreven, from Anglo-French controver, contrever, from Medieval Latin contropare to compare, from Latin com- + Vulgar Latin *tropare to compose, find — more at troubador Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. a. devise, plan ~ ways of handling the situation b. to form or create in an artistic or ingenious manner ~d household utensils from stone 2. to bring about by stratagem or with difficulty ; manage he ~d to win their support intransitive verb to make schemes • ~r noun
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1.
v.tr. 1 devise; plan or make resourcefully or with skill. 2 (often foll. by to + infin.) manage (contrived to make matters worse). Derivatives contrivable adj. contriver n. Etymology: ME f. OF controver find, imagine f. med.L contropare compare ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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3.
1. изобретать, придумывать to contrive a new type of airship —- изобрести новый тип воздушного корабля to contrive means of escape —- придумать план бегства 2. замышлыть, затевать the outlaws contrived a robbery of the train —- преступники замышляли ограбление поезда 3. ухитряться, умудряться he contrived to make matters worse —- он умудрился ухудшить положение дел 4. разг. экономно вести домашнее хозяйство; укладываться в бюджет Id: to cut and contrive —- ухитряться сводить концы с концами ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
4.
v. 1) придумывать; изобретать 2) затевать; замышлять 3) ухитряться, умудряться 4) справляться, устраивать свои дела - cut and contrive Syn: see devise ...Англо-русский словарь
5.
(contrives, contriving, contrived) 1. If you contrive an event or situation, you succeed in making it happen, often by tricking someone. (FORMAL) The oil companies were accused of contriving a shortage of gasoline to justify price increases. VERB: V n 2. If you contrive to do something difficult, you succeed in doing it. (FORMAL) The orchestra contrived to produce some of its best playing for years. VERB: V to-inf ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
6.
~ v 1 to arrange an event or situation in a clever way, especially secretly or by deceiving people (He managed to contrive a meeting between Janet and her ex-boyfriend.) 2 formal to succeed in doing something in spite of difficulties (contrive to do sth) (She didn't speak any English, but we contrived to communicate using sign language.) 3 to make or invent something in a clever way, especially because you need it suddenly (Peter had contrived a tolerable substitute for our sled.) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
7.
- early 14c., from O.Fr. controver "to find out, contrive, imagine," from V.L. contropare "to compare" (via a figure of speech), from L. com- "with" + tropus "song, musical mode," from Gk. tropos "figure of speech" (see trope). ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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