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Word: Contingency
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
mid 16th century (in the philosophical sense): from late Latin contingentia (in its medieval Latin sense ‘circumstance’), from contingere ‘befall’ (see contingent)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
kənˈtɪn(d)ʒ(ə)nsi
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a future event or circumstance which is possible but cannot be predicted with certainty
Short Definition:possible event or circumstance
Examples:- a detailed contract which attempts to provide for all possible contingencies
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