contingency
— Noun
– English
～ a possible event or occurrence or result
contingent
— Adjective
– English
～ possible but not certain to occur; "they had to plan for contingent expenses"
contingent
— Adjective
– English
～ being determined by conditions or circumstances that follow; "arms sales contingent on the approval of congress"
contingent
— Adjective
– English
～ uncertain because of uncontrollable circumstances; "the results of confession were not contingent, they were certain"- George Eliot
contingent
— Noun
– English
～ a gathering of persons representative of some larger group; "each nation sent a contingent of athletes to the Olympics"
contingent
— Noun
– English
～ a temporary military unit; "the peacekeeping force includes one British contingent"
continual
— Adjective
– English
～ recurring regularly or frequently in a prolonged and closely spaced series; "the continual banging of the shutters"
continual
— Adjective
– English
～ having no interruptions; "`continual' is often used interchangeably with `continuous'"
continually
— Adverb
– English
～ seemingly without interruption; "complained continually that there wasn't enough money"
continuance
— Noun
– English
～ the act of continuing an activity without interruption
continuance
— Noun
– English
～ the property of enduring or continuing in time
continuance
— Noun
– English
～ the period of time during which something continues
continuant
— Adjective
– English
～ of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then')
continuant
— Noun
– English
～ consonant articulated by constricting (but not closing) the vocal tract
continuant consonant
— Noun
– English
～ consonant articulated by constricting (but not closing) the vocal tract
continuation
— Noun
– English
～ the act of continuing an activity without interruption
continuation
— Noun
– English
～ a part added to a book or play that continues and extends it
continuation
— Noun
– English
～ a Gestalt principle of organization holding that there is an innate tendency to perceive a line as continuing its established direction
continuation
— Noun
– English
～ the consequence of being lengthened in duration
continuative
— Noun
– English
～ an uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences