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English

1. 🔊 the faculty of contriving
   “his skillful contrivance of answers to every problem”
2. 🔊 an artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc.
   “the plot contained too many improbable contrivances to be believable”
3. 🔊 an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade
   “his testimony was just a contrivance to throw us off the track”
4. 🔊 the act of devising something
5. 🔊 any improvised arrangement for temporary use
6. 🔊 a device or control that is very useful for a particular job

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