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Meaning of contrivition | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

contrivance

obsolete

Examples

“1600, author unknown, A contract for building the Fortune Theatre at the cost of £440, quoted in Wilson And the said house, and other things before-mentioned, to be made and done, to be in all other contrivitions, conveyances, fashions, thing and things effected, finished and done, according to the manner and fashion of the said house called the Globe […]”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

control control arm control booth control brief control bus control car

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