Contrive and Score

Contrive

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

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

Nearby Words: contrivance, contriving, contriver

Score

Score verb - To mark with or as if with a line or groove.

Contrive and score are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Contrive" instead a verb "Score".

Nearby Words: scored, scoring, scorer, scoreless

Common collocations

way contrive way score way
times contrive times score times
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