contingence
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| —n | |
| 1. | the state of touching or being in contact |
| 2. | another word for contingency |
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Contingence
is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
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Word Origin & History
contingence
c.1530, from M.L. *contingentia, from contingent- prp. stem of contingere "to touch" (see contact).
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Example sentences
Within that, there is a large, powerful contingence that is pushing for deep cuts in spending.
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