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contrivance

contrivance
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    • the faculty of contriving; inventive skill
    "his skillful contrivance of answers to every problem"

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    contrivance
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      • an artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc.
      "the plot contained too many improbable contrivances to be believable"

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      contrivance
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        • an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade
        "his testimony was just a contrivance to throw us off the track"

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        contrivance
        Zelfstandig naamwoord
          • any improvised arrangement for temporary use

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          contrivance
          Zelfstandig naamwoord
            • the act of devising something

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            contrivance
            Zelfstandig naamwoord
            • apparaatje
            • a device or control that is very useful for a particular job

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            contrivance
            Zelfstandig naamwoord
            • vernuftigheid
            • a device or control that is very useful for a particular job

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            Voorbeeldzinnen

            1. Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human wants. Men have a right that these wants should be provided for by this wisdom.