English to English
verb
- make or work out a plan for; devise
They contrived to murder their boss.
Design a new sales strategy.
Plan an attack.
source: WordNet 3.0
- come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort
Excogitate a way to measure the speed of light.
source: WordNet 3.0
- put or send forth
She threw the flashlight beam into the corner.
The setting sun threw long shadows.
Cast a spell.
Cast a warm light.
source: WordNet 3.0
- To form by an exercise of ingenuity; to devise; to invent; to design; to plan.
source: Webster 1913
- To make devices; to form designs; to plan; to scheme; to plot.
source: Webster 1913
English to Tagalog
verb
- [contráiv] Pumaraan; umisip; humakà; humathâ
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
