1a : devise, plan contrive ways of handling the situation The prisoners contrived a way to escape.
How do you spell contrive?
verb (used with object), con·trived, con·triv·ing. to plan with ingenuity; devise; invent: The author contrived a clever plot.
How do you use the word contrive in a sentence?
put or send forth.
- Couldn't you contrive a meeting between them? ...
- I can contrive without your help.
- Can you contrive to be here a little earlier?
- I can contrive without meat.
- I decided to contrive a meeting between the two of them.
- Their naughty children always contrive to make such a mess of things.
