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Uitgebreide synoniemen voor contrive in het Engels

contrive:

to contrive werkwoord (contrives, contrived, contriving)

  1. to contrive
    to invent; to contrive; to devise; to make up
    • invent werkwoord (invents, invented, inventing)
    • contrive werkwoord (contrives, contrived, contriving)
    • devise werkwoord (devises, devised, devising)
    • make up werkwoord (makes up, made up, making up)
  2. to contrive
    to plan; to contrive; to set up; to devise; to plot
    • plan werkwoord (plans, planned, planning)
    • contrive werkwoord (contrives, contrived, contriving)
    • set up werkwoord (sets up, set up, setting up)
    • devise werkwoord (devises, devised, devising)
    • plot werkwoord (plots, plotted, plotting)
  3. to contrive
    – come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort 1
    to devise; to forge; to invent; to contrive; to formulate; excogitate
    – come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort 1
    • devise werkwoord (devises, devised, devising)
    • forge werkwoord (forges, forged, forging)
    • invent werkwoord (invents, invented, inventing)
    • contrive werkwoord (contrives, contrived, contriving)
    • formulate werkwoord (formulates, formulated, formulating)
    • excogitate werkwoord
      • excogitate a way to measure the speed of light1
  4. to contrive
    – put or send forth 1
    to cast; to throw; to project; to contrive
    – put or send forth 1
    • cast werkwoord (casts, casted, casting)
      • cast a spell1
      • cast a warm light1
    • throw werkwoord (throws, threw, throwing)
      • She threw the flashlight beam into the corner1
      • The setting sun threw long shadows1
    • project werkwoord (projects, projected, projecting)
    • contrive werkwoord (contrives, contrived, contriving)
  5. to contrive
    – make or work out a plan for; devise 1
    to design; to plan; to project; to contrive
    – make or work out a plan for; devise 1
    • design werkwoord (designs, designed, designing)
      • design a new sales strategy1
    • plan werkwoord (plans, planned, planning)
      • plan an attack1
    • project werkwoord (projects, projected, projecting)
    • contrive werkwoord (contrives, contrived, contriving)
      • They contrived to murder their boss1

Conjugations for contrive:

present
  1. contrive
  2. contrive
  3. contrives
  4. contrive
  5. contrive
  6. contrive
simple past
  1. contrived
  2. contrived
  3. contrived
  4. contrived
  5. contrived
  6. contrived
present perfect
  1. have contrived
  2. have contrived
  3. has contrived
  4. have contrived
  5. have contrived
  6. have contrived
past continuous
  1. was contriving
  2. were contriving
  3. was contriving
  4. were contriving
  5. were contriving
  6. were contriving
future
  1. shall contrive
  2. will contrive
  3. will contrive
  4. shall contrive
  5. will contrive
  6. will contrive
continuous present
  1. am contriving
  2. are contriving
  3. is contriving
  4. are contriving
  5. are contriving
  6. are contriving
subjunctive
  1. be contrived
  2. be contrived
  3. be contrived
  4. be contrived
  5. be contrived
  6. be contrived
diverse
  1. contrive!
  2. let's contrive!
  3. contrived
  4. contriving
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

Verwante woorden van "contrive":


Alternatieve synoniemen voor "contrive":


Verwante definities voor "contrive":

  1. come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort1
  2. put or send forth1
  3. make or work out a plan for; devise1
    • They contrived to murder their boss1