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How to pronounce “contrive”
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Pronunciation guide for contrive
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of contrive with real speech in context.
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- Real speech example
- Read Montague: What we're learning from 5,000 brains 13 minutes, 24 seconds
And we steal their games. And we contrive them to our own purposes.
- Definition summary
- To invent by an exercise of ingeniosity; to devise
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How to pronounce contrive
Read Montague: What we're learning from 5,000 brains 13 minutes, 24 seconds
And we steal their games. And we contrive them to our own purposes.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “contrive”
Meaning
- [Verb]
- To invent by an exercise of ingeniosity; to devise
- To invent, to make devices; to form designs especially by improvisation.
- To project, cast, or set forth, as in a projection of light.
- (obsolete, transitive) To spend (time, or a period).
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