contrived
/kənˈtrʌɪvd/
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American sound/kənˈtrʌɪvd/
kənˈtrʌɪvd
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kən - ˈtrʌɪvd -> contrived
Myanmar meaning
(adj) တင်ကူးစီစဉ်ထားသည့် လိမ်ဆင်။ ဖန်တီးထားမှန်း သိသာသော။ သဘာဝမကျသော။
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၁။ ဖန်တီးသည်။ ကြံဖန်သည်။
contrive a device/ an experiment/ a means of escape ❍ contrive a way of avoiding paying tax ❍ We contrived that she should leave early that day.
၂။ အခက်အခဲကြားမှ ကြံဖန်ကြိုးစားသည်။ contriving to live on a small income. ❍ (ironic ) He contrived to make matters worse (ie accidentally made them worse by what he did).
❏ contrived adj (derog ) (က) တင်ကူးစီစဉ်ထားသည့် လိမ်ဆင်။
a contrived outburst ❍ a contrived incident intended to mislead the newspapers.
(ခ) ဖန်တီးထားမှန်း သိသာသော။ သဘာဝမကျသော။ a novel with a very contrived plot.
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engineer, arrange, plan, manufacture, plot, scheme, fix, machinate, cook up, achieve, angle, bring about, carry out, cogitate, collude, come up with, compass, concoct, connive, construct, create, design, develop, devise, dream up, effect, elaborate, execute, fabricate, fashion, finagle, forge, form, formulate, frame, handle, hatch, hit upon, improvise, intrigue, invent, jockey, lay out, make, make up, manage, maneuver, manipulate, mastermind, move, negotiate, pass, play games, project, rig, shift, swing, throw together, trump up, vamp, wangle, whip up, work out, wrangle
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