contrivance
— Noun
– English
～ a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
contrivance
— Noun
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～ any improvised arrangement for temporary use
contrive
— Verb
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～ make or work out a plan for; devise; "They contrived to murder their boss"; "design a new sales strategy"; "plan an attack"
contrive
— Verb
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～ 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"
contrive
— Verb
– English
～ come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort; "excogitate a way to measure the speed of light"
contrived
— Adjective
– English
～ showing effects of planning or manipulation; "a novel with a contrived ending"
contrived
— Adjective
– English
～ artificially formal; "that artificial humility that her husband hated"; "contrived coyness"; "a stilted letter of acknowledgment"; "when people try to correct their speech they develop a stilted pronunciation"
contriver
— Noun
– English
～ a person who makes plans
control
— Verb
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～ lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits; "moderate your alcohol intake"; "hold your tongue"; "hold your temper"; "control your anger"
control
— Verb
– English
～ have a firm understanding or knowledge of; be on top of; "Do you control these data?"
control
— Verb
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～ be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something; "He verified that the valves were closed"; "See that the curtains are closed"; "control the quality of the product"
control
— Verb
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～ check or regulate (a scientific experiment) by conducting a parallel experiment or comparing with another standard; "Are you controlling for the temperature?"
control
— Verb
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～ maintain influence over (others or oneself) skillfully, usually to one's advantage; "She manipulates her boss"; "She is a very controlling mother and doesn't let her children grow up"; "The teacher knew how to keep the class in line"; "she keeps in line"
control
— Verb
– English
～ exercise authoritative control or power over; "control the budget"; "Command the military forces"
control
— Verb
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～ place under restrictions; limit access to by law; "this substance is controlled"; "that area is restricted to security personnel only"
control
— Verb
– English
～ verify by using a duplicate register for comparison; "control an account"
control
— Verb
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～ handle and cause to function; "do not operate machinery after imbibing alcohol"; "control the lever"
control
— Noun
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～ the state that exists when one person or group has power over another; "her apparent dominance of her husband was really her attempt to make him pay attention to her"
control
— Noun
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～ the economic policy of controlling or limiting or curbing prices or wages etc.; "they wanted to repeal all the legislation that imposed economic controls"
control character
— Noun
– English
～ ASCII characters to indicate carriage return or tab or backspace; typed by depressing a key and the control key at the same time