What is "contingency" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does contingency mean in English? Meaning of contingency definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "contingency" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "contingency": a possible event or occurrence or result

Noun

Meaning: a possible event or occurrence or result

Synonyms: contingence contingency eventuality

Hypernyms: happening natural event occurrence occurrent

Meaning of "contingency": the state of being contingent on something

Noun

Meaning: the state of being contingent on something

Synonyms: contingency

Hypernyms: dependance dependence dependency

Synonyms:

probability, exigency, eventuality, emergency, fortuity, break, strait, accident, likelihood, happening, predicament, pinch, odds, uncertainty, chance, event, juncture, incident, pass, occasion, crossroads, opportunity, crisis, turning point, zero hour, if it's cool,

Antonyms:

improbability, bad luck, misfortune, advantage, reality, unlikelihood, solution, plan, good fortune, certainty, definiteness, surety, truth,

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