Contrive and Complete

Contrive

Contrive verb - To create or think of by clever use of the imagination.

Complete and contrive are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Complete" instead a verb "Contrive".

Nearby Words: contrivance, contriving, contriver

Complete

Complete verb - To bring (something) to a state where nothing remains to be done.

Contrive and complete are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Contrive" instead a verb "Complete".

Common collocations

times contrive times complete times
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