contrive

Signification (Anglais)

1. To invent by an exercise of ingeniosity; to devise
2. To invent, to make devices; to form designs especially by improvisation.
3. To project, cast, or set forth, as in a projection of light.
4. (obsolete, transitive) To spend (time, or a period).

Concepts

inventer

concevoir

formuler

combiner

forger

planifier

controuver

idéer

ménager

organiser

plan

trouver le moyen de

programmer

projeter

trouver moyen de

élucubrer

s’arranger

forge

jet

jeter

Synonymes

devise

plan

invent

design

plot

concoct

project

create

manage

engineer

fabricate

scheme

make up

excogitate

formulate

forge

machinate

innovate

coin

🪙

compass

🧭

cast

cook up

think out

think up

throw

manipulate

mastermind

compose

conceive

intend

knock up

lay out

make

manufacture

map out

mediate

mirror

🪞

perfect

polish

🇵🇱

prepare

produce

programme

realize

reflect

reverberate

revitalize

schedule

shift

stage

think

🤔

Traductions

inventare

inventar

erfinden

escogitare

idear

ersinnen

einfädeln

🧵

uitvinden

architettare

idear

beramen

verzinnen

ideare

ausdenken

bedenken

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/kənˈtɹaɪv/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: contreve

Appartenant à français: controuver

In summary

From Middle English contreve (“to invent”), from Old French controver (Modern French controuver), from trover (“to find”) (French trouver).