how to pronounce contingency
/kənˈtɪn.dʒən.si/
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contingency is pronounced in four syllables
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An example use of contingency in a speech by a native speaker of british english:
“… a little bit of a contingency on that …”
meaning of contingency
Contingency means a possible event or circumstance that may or may not happen.
contingency frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR
the word contingency occurs in english on average 5.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.
topics contingency can be related to
it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that contingency can be often used in the following areas:
1) communication, information, and media;
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