To invent by an exercise of ingeniosity; to devise
Infinitivecontrive
Past simplecontrived
Past participlecontrived
-ing formcontriving
Full conjugation of the English verb to contrive (past simple contrived,
past participle contrived):
present simple and continuous, past simple and continuous, present perfect, past perfect,
future, conditional, subjunctive and imperative, with all persons.
Indicative
Present simple
I
contrive
you
contrive
he/she/it
contrives
we
contrive
you
contrive
they
contrive
Present continuous
I
am contriving
you
are contriving
he/she/it
is contriving
we
are contriving
you
are contriving
they
are contriving
Present perfect
I
have contrived
you
have contrived
he/she/it
has contrived
we
have contrived
you
have contrived
they
have contrived
Present perfect continuous
I
have been contriving
you
have been contriving
he/she/it
has been contriving
we
have been contriving
you
have been contriving
they
have been contriving
Past simple
I
contrived
you
contrived
he/she/it
contrived
we
contrived
you
contrived
they
contrived
Past continuous
I
was contriving
you
were contriving
he/she/it
was contriving
we
were contriving
you
were contriving
they
were contriving
Past perfect
I
had contrived
you
had contrived
he/she/it
had contrived
we
had contrived
you
had contrived
they
had contrived
Past perfect continuous
I
had been contriving
you
had been contriving
he/she/it
had been contriving
we
had been contriving
you
had been contriving
they
had been contriving
Future simple
I
will contrive
you
will contrive
he/she/it
will contrive
we
will contrive
you
will contrive
they
will contrive
Future continuous
I
will be contriving
you
will be contriving
he/she/it
will be contriving
we
will be contriving
you
will be contriving
they
will be contriving
Future perfect
I
will have contrived
you
will have contrived
he/she/it
will have contrived
we
will have contrived
you
will have contrived
they
will have contrived
Future perfect continuous
I
will have been contriving
you
will have been contriving
he/she/it
will have been contriving
we
will have been contriving
you
will have been contriving
they
will have been contriving
Conditional
Present
I
would contrive
you
would contrive
he/she/it
would contrive
we
would contrive
you
would contrive
they
would contrive
Present continuous
I
would be contriving
you
would be contriving
he/she/it
would be contriving
we
would be contriving
you
would be contriving
they
would be contriving
Perfect
I
would have contrived
you
would have contrived
he/she/it
would have contrived
we
would have contrived
you
would have contrived
they
would have contrived
Perfect continuous
I
would have been contriving
you
would have been contriving
he/she/it
would have been contriving
we
would have been contriving
you
would have been contriving
they
would have been contriving
Subjunctive
Present
that I
contrive
that you
contrive
that he/she/it
contrive
that we
contrive
that you
contrive
that they
contrive
Past
if I
contrived
if you
contrived
if he/she/it
contrived
if we
contrived
if you
contrived
if they
contrived
Imperative
Affirmative
you
contrive
we
let's contrive
Negative
you
don't contrive
we
let's not contrive
Non-finite forms
Infinitive
to contrive
Perfect infinitive
to have contrived
Present participle / gerund
contriving
Past participle
contrived
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