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Englische und deutsche Suchergebnisse für: contrivance

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contrivance:
- Wiktionary:
  contrivance → Erfindung, Vorrichtung
- Synonyms for "contrivance":
  appliance; contraption; convenience; gadget; gizmo; gismo; widget; device
  invention; innovation; excogitation; conception; design
  stratagem; dodge; scheme; strategy
  arrangement; organization; organisation; system
  lash-up
  devisal

Englisch

Detailübersetzungen für contrivance (Englisch) ins Deutsch

contrivance:

Übersetzung Matrix für contrivance:

Noun	Verwandte Übersetzungen	Weitere Übersetzungen
-	appliance; contraption; convenience; devisal; dodge; gadget; gismo; gizmo; lash-up; stratagem; widget

Synonyms for "contrivance":

appliance; contraption; convenience; gadget; gizmo; gismo; widget; device
invention; innovation; excogitation; conception; design
stratagem; dodge; scheme; strategy
arrangement; organization; organisation; system
lash-up
devisal

Verwandte Definitionen für "contrivance":

the act of devising something¹
a device or control that is very useful for a particular job¹
any improvised arrangement for temporary use¹
the faculty of contriving; inventive skill¹
- his skillful contrivance of answers to every problem¹
an artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc.¹
- the plot contained too many improbable contrivances to be believable¹
an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade¹
- his testimony was just a contrivance to throw us off the track¹

Wiktionary Übersetzungen für contrivance:

contrivance

noun

elaborate means to accomplish an objective
- contrivance → Erfindung; Vorrichtung
(mechanical) device to perform a certain task
- contrivance → Vorrichtung

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University