contrive

Significado (Inglês)

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).

Conceitos

inventar

formular

imaginar

fantasiar

planejar

urdir

idear

Sinônimos

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

🤔

Traduções

inventer

inventare

idear

escogitare

inventar

concevoir

erfinden

uitvinden

einfädeln

🧵

ersinnen

bekokstoven

idear

bedenken

ausdenken

beramen

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/kənˈtɹaɪv/

Etimologia (Inglês)

Herdado de inglês médio: contreve

Cognato com francês: controuver

In summary

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