CONTRIVE


Meaning of CONTRIVE in English

[verb] - to arrange (a situation, an event or for something to happen), using clever planning, or to invent and/or make (something such as a device) cleverly and possibly in an unusual wayCouldn't you contrive a meeting between them? It sounds like they'd be ideally suited. [T]Miraculously, he managed to contrive a supper out of what was left in the cupboard. [T]Somehow she contrived to get (= succeeded in getting) tickets for the concert. [+ to infinitive]Do you think you could contrive something for hanging my clothes on until I can get a wardrobe? [T]

Cambridge English vocab.      Кембриджский английский словарь.