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CONTINGENCE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does contingence mean?
• CONTINGENCE (noun)
The noun CONTINGENCE has 1 sense:
1. a possible event or occurrence or result
Familiarity information: CONTINGENCE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A possible event or occurrence or result
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Synonyms:
contingence; contingency; eventuality
Hypernyms ("contingence" is a kind of...):
happening; natural event; occurrence; occurrent (an event that happens)
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