Contrive
CONTRIVE most nearly means: A) bungle; B) prevent; C) devise; D) discover. See the answer inside. 👉
📚️ Definition of Contrive
Contrive (verb): to plan with ingenuity, creativity, or trickery; to devise: He contrived an emergency to avoid work.
🗣️ Pronunciation of Contrive
IPA: kənˈtraɪv (See IPA key)
Phonetic: kuhn-TRIVE
📰 Examples of Contrive
Here are some examples of the word contrive:
My little brother can always contrive excuses not to do his homework.
In 1972, G. Gordon Liddy and E. Howard Hunt helped contrive the infamous Watergate break-in, a crime that would set in motion the scandal and cover-up that led to President Nixon’s downfall and resignation.
In film, a deus ex machina is a plot device in which a deliberately contrived intervention resolves a seemingly unsolvable situation, for example, a giant person or device appearing from the sky to rescue doomed heroes at the last possible moment.
🗣️ Common Collocations of Contrive
A collocation is a group of words often found together in usage, for example figment of one’s imagination, extenuating circumstances, or inclement weather.
contrive a way
contrive a plan
contrive an excuse
contrive to escape
cleverly contrived scheme
artfully contrived
Quiz answer: C.