1. contrive

verb. ['kənˈtraɪv'] come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort.

Rhymes with Contrive

• deprive
• survive
• strive
• revive
• connive
• thrive
• o'five
• drive
• dr.
• derive
• clyve
• clive
• alive
• vive
• shive
• live
• jive
• hive
• five
• dive
• arrive
• i've

Sentences with contrive

1. Verb, non-3rd person singular present
Stains on furniture are an eyesore that many homeowners contrive to cover or conceal.

Quotes about contrive

1. Plenty of mathematicians, Hardy knew, could follow a step-by-step discursus unflaggingly—yet counted for nothing beside Ramanujan. Years later, he would contrive an informal scale of natural mathematical ability on which he assigned himself a 25 and Littlewood a 30. To David Hilbert, the most eminent mathematician of the day, he assigned an 80. To Ramanujan he gave 100.
- Robert Kanigel, The Man Who Knew Infinity: A Life of the Genius Ramanujan

2. contrive

verb. ['kənˈtraɪv'] make or work out a plan for; devise.

3. contrive

verb. ['kənˈtraɪv'] put or send forth.