verb Download 🔗Share To invent by an exercise of ingenuity; to devise Examples : "The student contrived a clever solution to the math problem. " plan action process Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To invent, to make devices; to form designs especially by improvisation. Examples : "Seeing the rain start, the children contrived a shelter from fallen branches and a large tarp they found in the shed. " technology action plan device style character work quality Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To project, cast, or set forth, as in a projection of light. Examples : "The stage manager contrived the spotlight to fall directly on the lead actor during his monologue. " energy physics technology Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To spend (time, or a period). Examples : ""The prisoner contrived ten long years in solitary confinement." " time period Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Created in a deliberate, rather than natural or spontaneous, way. Examples : "The argument between the siblings was completely contrived; they were simply trying to get attention. " style character literature writing Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Unnatural, forced; artificial, or unrealistic. Examples : "The plot of the movie felt contrived because the characters' actions seemed unrealistic and designed only to create drama. " style character quality Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
