contrive

verb [T]

/kənˈtraɪv/

Definition

› to arrange a situation or event, or arrange for something to happen, using clever planning: Couldn't you contrive a meeting between them? I think they'd be ideally suited. [+ to infinitive] Somehow she contrived to get tickets for the concert.Planning, expecting and arrangingPlotting and trapping › to invent and/or make a device or other object in a clever and possibly unusual way: Do you think you could contrive something for hanging my clothes on until I can get a wardrobe?Inventing, designing and innovationCreating and producing

(Definition of contrive verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)