There is neither contingency nor free will.
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Contingency
//kənˈtɪnd͡ʒənsi//
Synonyms for "contingency" (133 found)
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Closest matches (27)
Strong matches (40)
Related words (66)
junctureliabilityliablenesslikelihoodlikelinesslong oddslong shotlucky shotmaterializationmere chancenonessentialnot-selfobligationoccasionoccurrenceoff chanceopen questionopportunityotheroutside chance
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outside hopepasspiece of guessworkpig in a pokepinchpossiblenesspotentialpotentialityprobabilitypronenessprospectquestionrealizationrelativityremote possibilitysecondarysight-unseen transactionsmall hopestraitsubsidiarysuperadditionsupplementtautologythe attainablethe feasiblethe possiblethinkabilitythinkablenesstoss uptoss-uptouch and goturning pointuncertaintyundecided issueunessentialvirtualitywagerweaknesswhat is possiblewhat may bewhat might bezero hour
Noun(4 words)
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13 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
55 translations across 16 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- непредвидимост noun (quality of being contingent; unpredictability)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- ھەڵکەوتووی noun (quality of being contingent; unpredictability)
Dutch
3 entries- contingentie noun (quality of being contingent; unpredictability)
- contingentie noun (possibility; something which may or may not happen)
- onvoorspelbaarheid noun (quality of being contingent; unpredictability)
Finnish
4 entries- ennustamattomuus noun (quality of being contingent; unpredictability)
- epävarmuus noun (quality of being contingent; unpredictability)
- kontingenssi noun (possibility; something which may or may not happen)
- kontingenssi noun (a statement which is neither a tautology nor a contradiction)
French
3 entries- contingence noun (quality of being contingent; unpredictability)
- éventualité noun (quality of being contingent; unpredictability)
- éventualité noun (possibility; something which may or may not happen)
German
4 entries- Entschädigung noun (amount of money that will be paid if a project does not succeed)
- Entschädigungszahlung noun (amount of money that will be paid if a project does not succeed)
- Eventualfall noun (possibility; something which may or may not happen)
- Eventualität noun (quality of being contingent; unpredictability)
Greek
1 entries- ενδεχόμενο noun (possibility; something which may or may not happen)
Hungarian
2 entries- esetlegesség noun (quality of being contingent; unpredictability)
- eshetőség noun (possibility; something which may or may not happen)
Italian
4 entries- casualità noun (possibility; something which may or may not happen)
- contingenza noun (quality of being contingent; unpredictability)
- eventualità noun (possibility; something which may or may not happen)
- imprevisto noun (possibility; something which may or may not happen)
Japanese
4 entries- 偶然 noun (quality of being contingent; unpredictability)
- 偶然 noun (possibility; something which may or may not happen)
- 偶然性 noun (quality of being contingent; unpredictability)
- 偶然性 noun (possibility; something which may or may not happen)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Väarot noun (possibility; something which may or may not happen)
Portuguese
2 entries- contingência noun (quality of being contingent; unpredictability)
- contingência noun (possibility; something which may or may not happen)
Russian
3 entries- непредви́денность noun (possibility; something which may or may not happen)
- непредви́димость noun (quality of being contingent; unpredictability)
- случа́йность noun (possibility; something which may or may not happen)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- kontingencija noun (possibility; something which may or may not happen)
- kontingentnost noun (quality of being contingent; unpredictability)
Spanish
4 entries- contingencia noun (quality of being contingent; unpredictability)
- contingencia noun (possibility; something which may or may not happen)
- eventualidad noun (quality of being contingent; unpredictability)
- eventualidad noun (possibility; something which may or may not happen)
Swedish
4 entries- eventualitet noun (possibility; something which may or may not happen)
- oförutsedd händelse noun (possibility; something which may or may not happen)
- oförutsägbarhet noun (quality of being contingent; unpredictability)
- sammanträffande noun (possibility; something which may or may not happen)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
We're working on a contingency plan.
Source: tatoeba (2539619)
We should be prepared for that contingency.
Source: tatoeba (2953774)
Do we have a contingency plan?
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