English-Thai Dictionary

contrivance

N สิ่งประดิษฐ์  sing-pra-did

 

contrivance

N อุบาย  plan expedient au-bai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CONTRIVANCE

n.[See Contrive. ] 1. The act of inventing, devising or planning.
There is no work impossible to these contrivances.
2. The thing invented or planned; a scheme; plan; disposition of parts or causes by design.
Our bodies are made according to the most orderly contrivance.
3. Artifice; plot; scheme.
He has managed his contrivance well.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CONTRIVANCE

CONTRIVANCE Con *triv "ance, n.

 

1. The act or faculty of contriving, inventing, devising, or planning. The machine which we are inspecting demonstrates, by its construction, contrivance and design. Contrivance must have had a contriver. Paley.

 

2. The thing contrived, invented, or planned; disposition of parts or causes by design; a scheme; plan; atrifice; arrangement. Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human wants. Burke.

 

Syn. -- Device; plan; scheme; invention; machine; project; design; artifice; shift. See Device.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

contrivance

con triv ance |kənˈtrīvəns kənˈtraɪvəns | ▶noun a thing that is created skillfully and inventively to serve a particular purpose: an assortment of electronic equipment and mechanical contrivances. • the use of skill to bring something about or create something: the requirements of the system, by happy chance and some contrivance, can be summed up in an acronym. • a device, esp. in literary or artistic composition, that gives a sense of artificiality.

 

Oxford Dictionary

contrivance

con |triv ¦ance |kənˈtrʌɪv (ə )ns | ▶noun 1 [ mass noun ] the use of skill to create or bring about something, especially with a consequent effect of artificiality: the requirements of the system, by happy chance and some contrivance, can be summed up in an acronym. 2 [ count noun ] a device, especially in literary or artistic composition, which gives a sense of artificiality. • a thing which is created skilfully and inventively to serve a particular purpose: an assortment of electronic equipment and mechanical contrivances.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

contrivance

contrivance noun 1 a mechanical contrivance: device, gadget, machine, appliance, contraption, apparatus, mechanism, implement, tool, invention; informal gizmo, widget, doohickey. 2 her matchmaking contrivances: scheme, stratagem, tactic, maneuver, move, plan, ploy, gambit, wile, trick, ruse, plot, machination.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

contrivance

contrivance noun 1 a mechanical contrivance: device, gadget, machine, appliance, contraption, apparatus, mechanism, implement, tool, labour-saving device, invention; informal gizmo, mod con, widget, thingamajig, thingamabob, whatsit; Brit. informal doodah, doobry, gubbins; N. Amer. informal dingus, doodad, doojigger, doohickey; Austral. informal bitzer. 2 her matchmaking contrivances: scheme, stratagem, tactic, manoeuvre, move, course /line of action, plan, ploy, gambit, device, wile; trick, ruse, plot, machination, subterfuge, artifice, expedient; Brit. informal wheeze; Austral. informal lurk; archaic shift, fetch.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

contrivance

con triv ance /kəntráɪv (ə )ns /名詞 1 C (人をだます巧みな )計略, もくろみ, 口実 .2 U 工夫, 考案 (すること ); 発明の才 .3 C 考案品, 装置, 仕掛け .