Antonyms for contingency
kənˈtɪn dʒən sicon·tin·gen·cy

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1. contingencynoun

   Synonyms:
   possibility

2. contingencynoun

   The quality of being contingent, of happening by chance; unpredictability.

   Antonyms:
   necessity

   Synonyms:
   possibility

3. contingencynoun

   A possibility; something which may or may not happen. A chance occurrence, especially in , unexpected expenses.

   Antonyms:
   necessity

   Synonyms:
   possibility

4. contingencynoun

   An amount of money which a party to a contract has to pay to the other party (usually the supplier of a major project to the client) if he or she does not fulfill the contract according to the specification.

   Synonyms:
   possibility

5. contingencynoun

   A statement which is neither a tautology nor a contradiction.

   Synonyms:
   possibility

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1. contingency

   An accident is that which happens without any one's direct intention; a chance that which happens without any known cause. If the direct cause of a railroad accident is known, we can not call it a chance. To the theist there is, in strictness, no chance, all things being by divine causation and control; but chance is spoken of where no special cause is manifest: "By chance there came down a certain priest that way," Luke x, 31. We can speak of a game of chance, but not of a game of accident. An incident is viewed as occurring in the regular course of things, but subordinate to the main purpose, or aside from the main design. Fortune is the result of inscrutable controlling forces. Fortune and chance are nearly equivalent, but chance can be used of human effort and endeavor as fortune can not be; we say "he has a chance of success," or "there is one chance in a thousand," where we could not substitute fortune; as personified, Fortune is regarded as having a fitful purpose, Chance as purposeless; we speak of fickle Fortune, blind Chance; "Fortune favors the brave." The slaughter of men is an incident of battle; unexpected defeat, the fortune of war. Since the unintended is often the undesirable, accident tends to signify some calamity or disaster, unless the contrary is expressed, as when we say a fortunate or happy accident. An adventure is that which may turn out ill, a misadventure that which does turn out ill. A slight disturbing accident is a mishap. Compare EVENT; HAZARD.

   Antonyms:
   appointment, calculation, certainty, decree, fate, foreordination, intention, law, necessity, ordainment, ordinance, plan, preparation, provision, purpose

   Synonyms:
   accident, adventure, calamity, casualty, chance, disaster, fortuity, hap, happening, hazard, incident, misadventure, misfortune, mishap, possibility

   Preposition:
   The accident of birth; an accident to the machinery.

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1. • Dependence

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1. eventuality, contingency, contingencenoun

   a possible event or occurrence or result

   Synonyms:
   eventuality, contingence

2. contingencynoun

   the state of being contingent on something

   Synonyms:
   contingence, eventuality

How to use contingency in a sentence?

1. David Haworth:

   If they (the militants) want to try and reinforce, whether it's Mosul or some other location, we want to make sure we're ready, if they want to flee, we'll want to make sure that we have that contingency covered as well.

2. Vladimir Putin:

   There is a minimum safety level of delivery in place already, but the NHS will look at all contingency planning.

3. Mark Carney:

   We are going through all our banks to make sure their contingency plans are the best that one can tell, are appropriate, we have stress-tested those institutions over the course of the last few years, against not this shock per se, but for elements of a related shock.

4. Suzanne Schwartz:

   The ability to decontaminate was purely a last resort, an extreme measure, from the FDA’s perspective, there is a need for us to move back towards contingency and conventional strategies, which is, you use the respirator for the interaction, and then you dispose of it and get a new one. We are in unison, in sync, with both NIOSH and OSHA in that position.

5. Republican Senator Orrin Hatch:

   By admitting they have no contingency plan to assist the millions that may lose subsidies, the administration confirms how the misguided law is unworkable for the American people, i’m committed to working with my Republican colleagues on how Congress can respond to help those hurt by Obamacare’s broken promises.

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