English-Thai Dictionary

contrive

VI ประดิษฐ์ (อย่างชาญฉลาด  devise invent pra-did

 

contrive

VT วางแผน  design plan porject wang-pan

 

contrived

ADJ ที่ วางแผน ไว้  ti-wang-pan-wai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CONTRIVE

v.t. 1. To invent; to devise; to plan.
Our poet has always some beautiful design, which he first establishes, and then contrives the means which will naturally conduct him to his end.
2. To wear out.
[This must be from the L. Contero, contrivi, and if the French controuver, and Italian controvare, are the same word differently applied, the primary sense is, to invent by rubbing, that is, by ruminating; or to strike out, as in forge. But the word is probably from trouver, to find. ]

 

CONTRIVE

v.i.To form or design; to plan; to scheme. How shall we contrive to hide our shame? [This verb is really transitive, but followed by a verb, in the place of an object or name. ]

 

CONTRIVED

pp. Invented; planned; devised.

 

CONTRIVEMENT

n.Contrivance; invention.

 

CONTRIVER

n.An inventor; one who plans or devises; a schemer.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CONTRIVE

Con *trive ", v. t. [imp. & p.p. Contrived; p.pr. & vb. n. Contriving. ]Etym: [OE. contriven, contreven, controven, to invent, OF. controver, contruver; con- + trouver to find. See Troubadour, trover. ]

 

Defn: To form by an exercise of ingenuity; to devise; to invent; to design; to plan. What more likely to contrive this admirable frame of the universe than infinite wisdom. Tillotson.neither do thou imagine that I shall contrive aught against his life. Hawthorne.

 

Syn. -- To invent; discover; plan; design; project; plot; concert; hatch.

 

CONTRIVE

CONTRIVE Con *trive ", v. i.

 

Defn: To make devices; to form designs; to plan; to scheme; to plot. The Fates with traitors do contrive. Shak. Thou hast contrived against th very life Of the defendant. Shak.

 

CONTRIVEMENT

CONTRIVEMENT Con *trive "ment, n.

 

Defn: Contrivance; invention; arrangement; design; plan. [Obs. ] Consider the admirable contrivement and artifice of this great fabric. Glanvill. Active to meet their contrivements. Sir G. Buck.

 

CONTRIVER

CONTRIVER Con *triv "er, n.

 

Defn: One who contrives, devises, plans, or schemas. Swift.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

contrive

con trive |kənˈtrīv kənˈtraɪv | ▶verb [ with obj. ] create or bring about (an object or a situation ) by deliberate use of skill and artifice: his opponents contrived a crisis | you contrived to be alone with me despite the supervision. • manage to do something foolish or create an undesirable situation: the poor guy in some way contrived to hang himself. DERIVATIVES con triv er noun ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French contreuve-, stressed stem of controver ‘imagine, invent, ’ from medieval Latin contropare ‘compare. ’

 

contrived

con trived |kənˈtrīvd kənˈtraɪvd | ▶adjective deliberately created rather than arising naturally or spontaneously. • created or arranged in a way that seems artificial and unrealistic: the ending of the novel is too pat and contrived.

 

Oxford Dictionary

contrive

contrive |kənˈtrʌɪv | ▶verb [ with obj. ] create or bring about (an object or a situation ) by deliberate use of skill and artifice: his opponents contrived a cabinet crisis | [ with infinitive ] : you contrived to be alone with me despite the supervision. • [ with infinitive ] manage to do something foolish or create an undesirable situation: he contrived to flood the flat three times. DERIVATIVES contriver noun ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French contreuve-, stressed stem of controver ‘imagine, invent ’, from medieval Latin contropare ‘compare ’.

 

contrived

con |trived |kənˈtrʌɪvd | ▶adjective deliberately created rather than arising naturally or spontaneously. • created or arranged in a way that seems artificial and unrealistic: the ending of the novel is too pat and contrived.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

contrive

contrive verb his opponents contrived a cabinet crisis: bring about, engineer, manufacture, orchestrate, stage-manage, create, devise, concoct, construct, plan, fabricate, plot, hatch; informal wangle, set up.

 

contrived

contrived adjective the story's contrived ending is a big letdown: forced, strained, studied, artificial, affected, put-on, phony, pretended, false, feigned, fake, manufactured, unnatural; labored, overdone, elaborate. ANTONYMS natural.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

contrive

contrive verb 1 his opponents contrived a cabinet crisis | they contrived a plan: bring about, engineer, cause to happen, manufacture, orchestrate, stage-manage, create; devise, concoct, construct, design, formulate, plan, work out, think up, dream up, come up with, fabricate, plot, hatch; informal wangle, set up, cook up; Law procure. 2 Lomax contrived to bump into him as he left the house: manage, find a way, engineer a way, arrange; succeed in; informal work it, swing it; archaic compass.

 

contrived

contrived adjective David replied with contrived joviality | the ending of the novel is too contrived to be convincing: forced, strained, studied, artificial, affected, put-on, pretended, false, feigned, manufactured, unnatural, non-spontaneous; laboured, overdone, elaborate; far-fetched; N. Amer. informal hokey; rare voulu. ANTONYMS natural, spontaneous.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

contrive

con trive /kəntráɪv /動詞 ～s /-z /; ～d /-d /; -triving 他動詞 ｟かたく ｠1 〈人が 〉 (ひそかに )〈計略 悪事 〉をたくらむ , もくろむ ; 〖～ to do 〗…しようとたくらむ ▸ contrive a trick to deceive one's colleagues 同僚をだまそうと策略をたくらむ ▸ He contrived to lure you in by giving a false impression of the price .彼は価格をごまかして君を誘惑しようとした 2 〈困難なこと 〉をどうにかやる ; 〖～ to do 〗どうにか [なんとか ]…する ; 見事に … する ; 〖反語的に 〗わざわざ … するようなへまをやる ▸ The actress contrived to marry the young singer just for his money .その女優は若い歌手と金目当ての結婚をなんとか成功させた 3 〈人が 〉〈装置 器具など 〉を考案する , 工夫して作る (!非常時などに作ること ) .自動詞 1 考案する ; たくらむ .2 ｟くだけて ｠(家事の )やりくりをする .

 

contrived

con tr í ved 形容詞 ｟非難して ｠不自然な, わざとらしい, 作り物の ; 〈映画 劇の筋などが 〉あり得ない, 説得力のない .