contrive

«contrive» in Mova's school dictionary: To manage, by some clever means, to do something or bring… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

verb (contrives, contrived, contriving)

meaning for a pupil

1) To manage, by some clever means, to do something or bring a result about. tree →

2) To make or build something cleverly. tree →

sense in the lessons

in tales, a character finds a clever way to get what they want: she contrived to escape the tower.

examples

• She contrived to be first in the queue. tree →
• Dad contrived a shelf from an old box. tree →
• I must contrive a way to get home before dark. tree →

note

nothing for maths.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «contrive» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.