CONTINGENCES Synonyms
4 hypernyms for contingences. (close relations)
Best Synonyms for CONTINGENCES
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| aftermath | noun n | |||||
noun • the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event) • the outcome of an event especially as relative to an individual | ||||||
| circumstances | noun n | |||||
noun • your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you) • a person's financial situation (good or bad) | ||||||
| effects | noun n | |||||
noun • property of a personal character that is portable but not used in business | ||||||
| accidents | noun n | |||||
noun • an unfortunate mishap; especially one causing damage or injury • anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause | ||||||
| aftermaths | noun n | |||||
noun • the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event) • the outcome of an event especially as relative to an individual | ||||||
| chances | adverb, noun adv, n | |||||
noun • a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances • an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another • a risk involving danger • a measure of how likely it is that some event will occur; a number expressing the ratio of favorable cases to the whole number of cases possible • the possibility of future success adjective satellite • occurring or appearing or singled out by chance verb • be the case by chance • take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome • come upon, as if by accident; meet with | ||||||
| consequences | noun n | |||||
noun • a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon • the outcome of an event especially as relative to an individual • having important effects or influence | ||||||
| contingents | noun n | |||||
noun • a gathering of persons representative of some larger group • a temporary military unit adjective satellite • possible but not certain to occur • being determined by conditions or circumstances that follow • uncertain because of uncontrollable circumstances | ||||||
| developments | noun n | |||||
noun • act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining • a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage) • (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level • a recent event that has some relevance for the present situation • the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful • a district that has been developed to serve some purpose • a state in which things are improving; the result of developing (as in the early part of a game of chess) • processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible • (music) the section of a composition or movement (especially in sonata form) where the major musical themes are developed and elaborated | ||||||
| episodes | noun n | |||||
noun • a happening that is distinctive in a series of related events • a brief section of a literary or dramatic work that forms part of a connected series • a part of a broadcast serial • film consisting of a succession of related shots that develop a given subject in a movie | ||||||
| events | noun n | |||||
noun • something that happens at a given place and time • a special set of circumstances • a phenomenon located at a single point in space-time; the fundamental observational entity in relativity theory • a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon | ||||||
| eventualities | noun n | |||||
noun • a possible event or occurrence or result | ||||||
| flukes | noun n | |||||
noun • a stroke of luck • a barb on a harpoon or arrow • flat bladelike projection on the arm of an anchor • either of the two lobes of the tail of a cetacean • parasitic flatworms having external suckers for attaching to a host | ||||||
| happenings | noun n | |||||
noun • an event that happens | ||||||
| happenstances | ||||||
noun • an event that might have been arranged although it was really accidental | ||||||
| incidences | noun n | |||||
noun • the relative frequency of occurrence of something • the striking of a light beam on a surface | ||||||
| incidents | noun n | |||||
adjective • falling or striking of light rays on something • (sometimes followed by `to') minor or casual or subordinate in significance or nature or occurring as a chance concomitant or consequence noun • a single distinct event • a public disturbance | ||||||
| ordeals | noun n | |||||
noun • a severe or trying experience • a primitive method of determining a person's guilt or innocence by subjecting the accused person to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under divine control; escape was usually taken as a sign of innocence | ||||||
| outcomes | noun n | |||||
noun • something that results • a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon | ||||||
| repercussions | noun n | |||||
noun • a remote or indirect consequence of some action • a movement back from an impact | ||||||