Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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contrivance | Yes | No | No | No |
design | Yes | No | Yes | No |
contrivance (noun) | design (noun) |
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the act of devising something | the act of working out the form of something (as by making a sketch or outline or plan) |
a device or control that is very useful for a particular job | a decorative or artistic work |
any improvised arrangement for temporary use | a preliminary sketch indicating the plan for something |
an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade | the creation of something in the mind |
the faculty of contriving; inventive skill | an arrangement scheme |
an artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc. | something intended as a guide for making something else |
an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions |
contrivance (verb) | design (verb) |
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plan something for a specific role or purpose or effect | |
intend or have as a purpose | |
create the design for; create or execute in an artistic or highly skilled manner | |
make or work out a plan for; devise | |
create designs | |
conceive or fashion in the mind; invent |