Contrive and Provide

Contrive

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

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

Nearby Words: contrivance, contriving, contriver

Provide

Provide verb - To put (something) into the possession of someone for use or consumption.

Contrive and provide are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Contrive" instead a verb "Provide".

Common collocations

help contrive help provide help
reason contrive reason provide reason
excuse contrive excuse provide excuse
way contrive way provide way
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