Synonym: contingence, eventuality. Similar words: contingent, continuing, pungency, intelligence agency, continue, continued, continual, continent. Meaning: [kən'tɪndʒənsɪ] 
n. 1. a possible event or occurrence or result 2. the state of being contingent on something.
n. 1. a possible event or occurrence or result 2. the state of being contingent on something. 
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1. It's impossible to legislate for every contingency.
2. Have you made any contingency plans?
3. A fire in our warehouse was a contingency that we had not expected.
4. Do you have any contingency plans if the scheme doesn't work?
5. The three A's must be making some contingency plans.
6. An hour maybe and you are making contingency plans.sentencedict.com
7. The Navajos have some contingency plans, however.
8. Unlike systems theory, the contingency approach examines particular organisations.
9. However, I have made contingency plans.
10. The contingency fee usually sorts out the questionable cases to begin with.
11. It recommended that the prohibition on contingency fees and other forms of incentive should be re-examined.
12. Contingency theory thus combines elements of technological and social determinism.
13. Mike had talked about contingency plans for catastrophe, he continued.
14. So prepare yourself well, with fallback and contingency plans, if your first offer is rejected.
15. Under the contingency fee agreement, the private lawyers hired by the state would be paid only if they win the case.
16. Essentially they were informal contingency exchanges whose future character would be determined by perceptions of Soviet actions and intentions.
17. They become obsessed with trying to equip their vehicles with gadgets to deal with every possible contingency.
18. The despatch of the task force is purely a contingency measure.
19. The Collector had fortunately laid a plan to meet this contingency.
20. The techniques to be presented in this chapter are designed to examine the relationship between three variables in a contingency table.
21. As minister of defence, he has instructed the army to step up training and preparations for the contingency of full-scale war.
22. Alternatively, departments have an allocation, while the library retains a generous contingency fund.
23. The election of Keir Hardie in 1892 owed more to historical contingency than to a heightened class consciousness among the electorate.
24. They have trained-in a succession of concepts over the years: decision making, then situational leadership, and then contingency theory.
25. Other unforeseen difficulties have taken a further 4 percent, but Remington is confident the contingency reserve will cover it.
26. The benefits for items 1-3 and 5 are only payable provided the contingency commences within 12 months of the injury.
27. When he built a bridge he supervised every detail, left nothing to chance, prepared him-self for every contingency.
28. Supt Peter Durham from Newcastle city centre will address staff on how contingency plans can be properly arranged for Newcastle.
29. Californians also turned down Proposition 202, a proposal to limit lawyers' contingency fees and encourage early settlement of lawsuits.
30. City officials have implemented what they call Phase I of a contingency plan aimed at bringing pollution levels down.
More similar words: contingent, continuing, pungency, intelligence agency, continue, continued, continual, continent, continuous, subcontinent, discontinue, discontinuance, contributing, agency, urgency, emergency, tangential, tinge, in general, ingenuity, stringent, ingenuous, consistency, disingenuous, convergence, hunting, wanting, panting, glinting, parenting.