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contingency
[ kuhn-tin-juhn-see ]
noun
- dependence on chance or on the fulfillment of a condition; uncertainty; fortuitousness:
Nothing was left to contingency.
- a contingent event; a chance, accident, or possibility conditional on something uncertain:
He was prepared for every contingency.
Synonyms: , ,
- something incidental to a thing.
contingency
/ 办蓹苍藞迟瑟苍诲萧蓹苍蝉瑟 /
noun
- a possible but not very likely future event or condition; eventuality
- ( as modifier )
a contingency plan
- something dependent on a possible future event
- a fact, event, etc, incidental to or dependent on something else
- in systemic grammar
- modification of the meaning of a main clause by use of a bound clause introduced by a binder such as if, when, though, or since Compare adding
- ( as modifier )
a contingency clause
- logic
- the state of being contingent
- a contingent statement
- dependence on chance; uncertainty
- statistics
- the degree of association between theoretical and observed common frequencies of two graded or classified variables. It is measured by the chi-square test
- ( as modifier )
the contingency coefficient
a contingency table
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of contingency1
Example Sentences
Authority staff said that contracts include termination clauses if there isn鈥檛 enough money and that contingency funds existed to make up a shortfall if funding fell through.
The publicly-owned company said it had contingency plans in place to maintain services.
Like the biological process of life, they evolve according to need, opportunity and contingency.
The council previously said Unite was stopping them from operating a contingency service, which would allow them to make one bin collection to every household a week.
Hoteliers have been making contingency plans, consulting with lawyers, planning webinars and educating their managers on what to do in case immigration authorities knock on their doors.
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