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Synonyms for contingency
kənˈtɪn dʒən sicon·tin·gen·cy
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Wiktionary
contingencynoun
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possibilitycontingencynoun
The quality of being contingent, of happening by chance; unpredictability.
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necessitycontingencynoun
A possibility; something which may or may not happen. A chance occurrence, especially in , unexpected expenses.
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necessitycontingencynoun
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.
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possibilitycontingencynoun
A statement which is neither a tautology nor a contradiction.
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possibility
English Synonyms and Antonyms
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.
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accident, adventure, calamity, casualty, chance, disaster, fortuity, hap, happening, hazard, incident, misadventure, misfortune, mishap, possibilityAntonyms:
appointment, calculation, certainty, decree, fate, foreordination, intention, law, necessity, ordainment, ordinance, plan, preparation, provision, purposePreposition:
The accident of birth; an accident to the machinery.
Princeton's WordNet
eventuality, contingency, contingencenoun
a possible event or occurrence or result
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eventuality, contingencecontingencynoun
the state of being contingent on something
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contingence, eventuality
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
contingencynoun
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accidentalness, fortuity, uncertaintycontingencynoun
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casualty, accident, incident, occurrence, event
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "contingency":
emergency, reserve, contingencies, unforeseen, provident, emergencies, intervention, urgent, urgently, eventuality, foresight, response
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#955 | response | |
#1885 | chance | |
#1909 | emergency | |
#2268 | reserve | |
#2310 | adventure | |
#3865 | accident | |
#4134 | disaster | |
#4175 | possibility | |
#4926 | incident | |
#5406 | intervention | |
#5437 | happening | |
#7304 | hazard | |
#8279 | urgent | |
#11674 | emergencies | |
#13105 | casualty | |
#14434 | contingency | |
#22060 | urgently | |
#24473 | foresight | |
#25403 | hap | |
#28089 | contingencies | |
#29255 | unforeseen | |
#31190 | misfortune | |
#34052 | calamity | |
#36291 | provident | |
#43262 | mishap | |
#70941 | eventuality | |
#81876 | misadventure |
How to use contingency in a sentence?
It's the most complex operational country (in the world), you need about 10 contingency plans for one task.
The resulting force would be incapable of simultaneously meeting current deployment requirements and responding to overseas contingency requirements.
Holding more inventory, or adding another production line as a business contingency measure may improve a company's robustness in the face of disaster, but it won't necessarily improve its global competitiveness, companies which take such steps at the cost of competitiveness would probably go bust even before the next disaster occurs.
We do have some contingency planning, weve had it all year, and they are first driven by medical safety. Can we operate in the market in a way that is consistent with what we are doing and have been doing? Some of our clubs who have been operating in areas of high numbers of cases of the disease, those clubs have managed to avoid positive tests. That speaks to the hard work they are doing and care they are taking every day. So we will continue to follow that same road map. It has been a sound game plan. Have to continue to execute in the same manner that we have executed so far.
Mercy Fitzgerald nurses will vote on whether to ratify this agreement on November 12, we remain fully committed to negotiating in good faith with the union leaders that represent the nurses at St Mary in the spirit of obtaining a fair, consistent and sustainable agreement for our St. Mary nurses as well. We are finalizing our contingency plans to ensure we can continue to serve our communities with safe, high-quality care and minimize disruptions for those we serve. We do not anticipate any interruptions of services at this point. We will keep our community informed as we move forward.
Translations for contingency
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- непредвидимостBulgarian
- KontingenzGerman
- contingenciaSpanish
- احتمالیPersian
- epävarmuus, ennustamattomuus, sopimussakkoFinnish
- éventualité, contingenceFrench
- आकस्मिकताHindi
- contingenzaItalian
- 偶然性, 成功報酬, 偶然Japanese
- ههڵکهوتوویKurdish
- contingentie, onvoorspelbaarheidDutch
- непредви́димость, случа́йностьRussian
- kontingencija, kontingentnostSerbo-Croatian
- தற்செயல்Tamil
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