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Meaning of "contrivement" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CONTRIVEMENT

contrivement  [kənˈtraɪvmənt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CONTRIVEMENT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Contrivement is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CONTRIVEMENT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of contrivement in the English dictionary

The definition of contrivement in the dictionary is contrivance.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CONTRIVEMENT


achievement
əˈtʃiːvmənt
advertisement
ədˈvɜːtɪsmənt
agreement
əˈɡriːmənt
apartment
əˈpɑːtmənt
assessment
əˈsɛsmənt
bereavement
bɪˈriːvmənt
countermovement
ˌkaʊntərˈmuːvmənt
depravement
dɪˈpreɪvmənt
deprivement
dɪˈpraɪvmənt
enlevement
ɪnˈliːvmənt
enslavement
ɪnˈsleɪvmənt
evolvement
ɪˈvɒlvmənt
improvement
ɪmˈpruːvmənt
involvement
ɪnˈvɒlvmənt
lavement
ˈleɪvmənt
misimprovement
ˌmɪsɪmˈpruːvmənt
movement
ˈmuːvmənt
pavement
ˈpeɪvmənt
revivement
rɪˈvaɪvmənt
underachievement
ˌʌndərəˈtʃiːvmənt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CONTRIVEMENT

contribution
contributive
contributively
contributiveness
contributor
contributories
contributory
contributory negligence
contrist
contristation
contrite
contritely
contriteness
contrition
contriturate
contrivable
contrivance
contrive
contrived
contriver

WORDS THAT END LIKE CONTRIVEMENT

abonnement
amusement
announcement
arrangement
basement
comment
element
enforcement
engagement
implement
infringement
management
measurement
placement
replacement
requirement
retirement
settlement
statement
supplement
unit of measurement

Synonyms and antonyms of contrivement in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «contrivement» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CONTRIVEMENT

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The translations of contrivement from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «contrivement» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

contrivement
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

contrivement
570 millions of speakers

English

contrivement
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

contrivement
380 millions of speakers
ar

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contrivement
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

contrivement
278 millions of speakers

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contrivement
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

contrivement
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

contrivement
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Penciptaan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

contrivement
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

contrivement
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

contrivement
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Contrivement
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

contrivement
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

contrivement
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्रतिकार
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

contrivement
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

contrivement
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

contrivement
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

contrivement
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

contrivement
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

contrivement
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

contrivement
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

contrivement
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

contrivement
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of contrivement

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CONTRIVEMENT»

The term «contrivement» is used very little and occupies the 167.563 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CONTRIVEMENT» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about contrivement

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CONTRIVEMENT»

Discover the use of contrivement in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to contrivement and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Christ's certain and sudden appearance to judgment
both the contrivement thereof in the scriptures to»jbe from himself : that as by the light of the word we may know what this wisdom was, e- ven so by this wisdom, we may know the word to be the word of God. To clear this argument I will shew,  ...
Thomas Vincent, 1816
2
Free Russia
... cases, by reason of the wide difference between Russian and American views of what constitutes implication in guilt. This difference is strikingly shown by See. 242 of the Russian criminal law, which runs as follows: ' “The ill contrivement ...
3
Memorials and characters: together with the lives of divers ...
So that her principal Care herein, was to keep them from Idleness (that Root of all Sin and Wickedness ) for by another Contrivement of her Estate, Jhe might have received more Profit, and thereby have been better able to relieve them, tho' by ...
John Wilford, 1741
4
Three centuries in north Oxfordshire
But that magnificent and most religious contrivement, that there might be places for the education of young Gentlewomen and for retirement of widows (as Colleges and the Inns of Court and Chancery are for men) in several parts of the  ...
Mary Sturge Gretton, 1902
5
Nicholas Ferrar: two lives
... each month, and so ending at the last day of the month, all the heads were said over in every month's time, which was twelve times in the year. This book of the concordance of the four evangelists contrivement* was directed to be made in 1 ...
John Ferrar, 1855
6
ʻLady Lettice, vi-countess Falkland,̓
So that her principal care herein, was to keep them from Idleness (that root of all sin and wickedness), for by another contrivement of her estate, she might have received more profit, and thereby have been better able, to relieve them, though by ...
John Duncon, M. F. Howard, 1908
7
three centuries in north oxfordshire
But that magnificent and most religious contrivement, that there might be places for the education of young Gentlewomen and for retirement of widows (as Colleges and the Inns of Court and Chancery are for men) in several parts of the  ...
m.sturge henderson, 1902
8
Cambridge in the Seventeenth Century ...: Nicholas Ferrar
We learn from Walton that Donne also rose at four. ' i. e. Harmony ; see the account from the Lambeth MS. reprinted ut the end of this life. 8 i. e. The contrivement of this book, &c. that manner by Nicholas Femur's appointment and direction.
John Eyton Bickersteth Mayor, 1855
9
Nicholas Ferrar, two lives by his brother John and by dr. ...
And so he began to view it leaf by leaf, and turned it all over very diligently, observing the form and contrivement of it. Then looking upon his lords, that had their eyes also fixed upon it, he said, My lords, this, this is a jewel in all respects, to be ...
John Ferrar, Jebb, John Eyton B. Mayor, 1855
10
The Most Notable Antiquity of Great Britain: Vulgarly Called ...
And therefore in regard he cannot disprove this Artifice, or manner of Workmanship to be Roman, he endeavours to persuade you, that Isitruvius speaks little thereof, " as taking it " for granted, the Contrivement was so plain and obvious to Men, ...
Inigo Jones, 1725

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Contrivement [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/contrivement>. Apr 2024 ».
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