Synonyms 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.

   Synonyms:
   possibility

   Antonyms:
   necessity

3. contingencynoun

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

   Synonyms:
   possibility

   Antonyms:
   necessity

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.

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

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

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

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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

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1. contingencynoun

   Synonyms:
   accidentalness, fortuity, uncertainty

2. contingencynoun

   Synonyms:
   casualty, accident, incident, occurrence, event

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1. List of paraphrases for "contingency":

   emergency, reserve, contingencies, unforeseen, provident, emergencies, intervention, urgent, urgently, eventuality, foresight, response

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1. Allen Sills:

   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.

2. Patrick Shanahan.However:

   The almost exclusive mission of these missiles is to engage Russia, or Russia and China simultaneously, in large-scale nuclear conflict, such wartime scenarios have become unthinkable. Waging war against both countries simultaneously is a contingency so improbable that Patrick Shanahan.However planners can safely ignore it.

3. Jeremy Rudin:

   We talk to them about what their exposures are, how they're evolving, how they're managing them, what experience they are having, and what their contingency plan is for the plausible, if unlikely, case that things would deteriorate further.

4. Nicole Mann:

   We train extensively for this type of contingency, this vehicle has a new level of automation that we've never seen before. And what we're doing is testing that automation, and that's why you have test pilots on board.

5. Jim Jordan:

   We can not and do not investigate ideology. We focus on individuals who commit or intend to commit violence and criminal activity that constitutes a federal crime or poses American Contingency to national security. The FBI’s mission is to protect the American people and uphold the Constitution. One does not come at the expense of the other.