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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 resultplay

  Familiarity information: CONTINGENCE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CONTINGENCE (noun)


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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