Hyphenation of contrivance

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word contrivance? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

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Definitions of contrivance:

1.	A device or control that is very useful for a particular job
2.	The faculty of contriving Inventive skill His skillful contrivance of answers to every problem
3.	An elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade His testimony was just a contrivance to throw us off the track
4.	An artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc. The plot contained too many improbable contrivances to be believable
5.	Any improvised arrangement for temporary use
6.	The act of devising something

Synonyms of contrivance:

noun	appliance, contraption, convenience, gadget, gizmo, gismo, widget, device
noun	invention, innovation, excogitation, conception, design
noun	stratagem, dodge, scheme, strategy
noun	arrangement, organization, organisation, system
noun	lash-up, arrangement
noun	devisal, invention

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