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The quality of being contingent, of happening by chance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: possibility, unpredictability, option, choice, alternative, contingency
Antonyms: inevitability, impossibility
A possibility; something which may or may not happen. A chance occurrence, especially in finance, unexpected expenses.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: chance, contingency, contingent, eventuality, possibility, potentiality
Antonyms: castle in the air, impossibility, pie in the sky, pipe dream
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 they do not fulfill the contract according to the specification.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Topics: business, finance
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
A statement which is neither a tautology nor a contradiction.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Topics: human-sciences, logic, mathematics, philosophy, sciences
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Antonyms: none provided
a possible event or occurrence or result
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: eventuality, contingence
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event
the state of being contingent on something
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: dependence, dependance, dependency
From contingence + -y (16th century).
Across languages
Translations 55 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian :
непредвидимост
(nepredvidimost)
— quality of being contingent; unpredictability
Dutch :
contingentie
— quality of being contingent; unpredictability
Dutch :
onvoorspelbaarheid
— quality of being contingent; unpredictability
Finnish :
epävarmuus
— quality of being contingent; unpredictability
Finnish :
ennustamattomuus
— quality of being contingent; unpredictability
French :
contingence
— quality of being contingent; unpredictability
French :
éventualité
— quality of being contingent; unpredictability
German :
Kontingenz
— quality of being contingent; unpredictability
German :
Eventualität
— quality of being contingent; unpredictability
Hungarian :
esetlegesség
— quality of being contingent; unpredictability
Italian :
contingenza
— quality of being contingent; unpredictability
Japanese :
偶然
(gūzen)
— quality of being contingent; unpredictability
Japanese :
偶然性
(gūzensei)
— quality of being contingent; unpredictability
Central Kurdish :
ھەڵکەوتووی
(hellkewtûy)
— quality of being contingent; unpredictability
Portuguese :
contingência
— quality of being contingent; unpredictability
Russian :
непредви́димость
(nepredvídimostʹ)
— quality of being contingent; unpredictability
Serbo-Croatian :
kontingentnost
— quality of being contingent; unpredictability
Spanish :
contingencia
— quality of being contingent; unpredictability
Spanish :
eventualidad
— quality of being contingent; unpredictability
Swedish :
oförutsägbarhet
— quality of being contingent; unpredictability
Dutch :
contingentie
— possibility; something which may or may not happen
Finnish :
mahdollinen tapahtuma
— possibility; something which may or may not happen
Finnish :
kontingenssi
— possibility; something which may or may not happen
French :
éventualité
— possibility; something which may or may not happen
German :
Eventualität
— possibility; something which may or may not happen
German :
mögliches Ereignis
— possibility; something which may or may not happen
German :
Eventualfall
— possibility; something which may or may not happen
Greek :
ενδεχόμενο
(endechómeno)
— possibility; something which may or may not happen
Hungarian :
eshetőség
— possibility; something which may or may not happen
Italian :
imprevisto
— possibility; something which may or may not happen
Italian :
casualità
— possibility; something which may or may not happen
Italian :
eventualità
— possibility; something which may or may not happen
Japanese :
偶然
(gūzen)
— possibility; something which may or may not happen
Japanese :
偶然性
(gūzensei)
— possibility; something which may or may not happen
Plautdietsch :
Väarot
— possibility; something which may or may not happen
Portuguese :
contingência
— possibility; something which may or may not happen
Russian :
случа́йность
(slučájnostʹ)
— possibility; something which may or may not happen
Russian :
непредви́денность
(nepredvídennostʹ)
— possibility; something which may or may not happen
Serbo-Croatian :
kontingencija
— possibility; something which may or may not happen
Spanish :
contingencia
— possibility; something which may or may not happen
Spanish :
eventualidad
— possibility; something which may or may not happen
Spanish :
imprevisto
— possibility; something which may or may not happen
Swedish :
oförutsedd händelse
— possibility; something which may or may not happen
Swedish :
tillfällighet
— possibility; something which may or may not happen
Swedish :
eventualitet
— possibility; something which may or may not happen
Swedish :
sammanträffande
— possibility; something which may or may not happen
Finnish :
sopimussakko
— amount of money that will be paid if a project does not succeed
German :
Entschädigung
— amount of money that will be paid if a project does not succeed
German :
Entschädigungszahlung
— amount of money that will be paid if a project does not succeed
Italian :
indennizzo
— amount of money that will be paid if a project does not succeed
Italian :
penale
— amount of money that will be paid if a project does not succeed
Japanese :
成功報酬
(seikō-hōshū)
— amount of money that will be paid if a project does not succeed
Finnish :
kontingenssi
— a statement which is neither a tautology nor a contradiction
German :
Kontingenz
— a statement which is neither a tautology nor a contradiction
German :
Neutralität
— a statement which is neither a tautology nor a contradiction
