- nouncontingency (noun) · contingencies (plural noun)
- a future event or circumstance which is possible but cannot be predicted with certainty:"a detailed contract that attempts to provide for all possible contingencies"
- a provision for an unforeseen event or circumstance:"a contingency reserve"
- an incidental expense:"allow an extra fifteen percent in the budget for contingencies"
- the absence of certainty in events:"the island's public affairs can be invaded by contingency"
- philosophythe absence of necessity; the fact of being so without having to be so.
Originmid 16th century (in the philosophical sense): from late Latin contingentia (in its medieval Latin sense ‘circumstance’), from contingere ‘befall’ (see contingent).Similar and Opposite Wordsnoun- a future event or circumstance which is possible but cannot be predicted with certainty:
- a provision for an unforeseen event or circumstance:
- an incidental expense:
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