contrive

Betekenis (Engels)

  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).

Concepten

uitvinden
beramen
bekokstoven
verzinnen
bedenken
vinden
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bekonkelen

ontwerpen
overleggen
uitdenken
Synoniemen

devise
21k
plan
A1
invent
C1
design
B2
plot
B2
concoct
42k
project
B1
create
B1
manage
B1
engineer
B2
fabricate
29k
scheme
C1
make up
excogitate
formulate
31k
forge
C1
machinate

innovate

coin
B2
🪙
compass
C1
🧭
cast
B1
cook up
think out
think up
throw
A2
manipulate
C1
mastermind
C2
compose
C2
conceive
C2
intend
B2
knock up
lay out
make
A1
manufacture
C2
map out
mediate
31k
mirror
B1
🪞
perfect
A1
polish
B2
🇵🇱
prepare
B1
produce
B2
programme
C1
realize
A2
reflect
C1
reverberate
revitalize
schedule
B1
shift
B1
stage
B1
think
A1
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Vertalingen

inventer
inventare
inventar
escogitare
idear
concevoir
erfinden
ersinnen
einfädeln
🧵
inventar
idear
architettare
ideare
ausdenken
ingeniar
Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/kənˈtɹaɪv/
Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels
contreve
Verwant aan Frans
Frans
controuver
In summary

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

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