contingency

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(English)

Etimologie

Din contingent + sufixul -cy.

Pronunție

• AFI: /kənˈtɪndʒənsi/

Substantiv

contingency, pl. (nenumărabil) și (numărabil) contingencies

1. incertitudine, îndoială, dubiu

   Nothing was left to contingency.

2. întâmplare; accident, împrejurare neprevăzută

   He was prepared for every contingency.

3. imprevizibilitate
4. posibilitate

Sinonime

• 2-4: accident, break, chance, crisis, crossroads, emergency, event, eventuality, exigency, fortuity, happening, if it's cool, incident, juncture, likelihood, occasion, odds, opportunity, pass, pinch, predicament, probability, strait, turning point, uncertainty, zero hour

Antonime

• 2-4: certainty, definiteness, reality, surety, truth

Cuvinte derivate

• contingent

Referințe

• Dictionary.com