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contingence

contingence noun: contact; touching.

Noun

contingence (countable and uncountable, plural contingences)

  1. Contact; touching.
  2. Contingency.

contingence meaning in Bengali

contingence in Bengali

সংস্পর্শ, স্পর্শ করা, অনিশ্চয়তা

Forms of contingence

pluralcontingences

Origin of contingence

Borrowed from Latin contingentia (whence con- + and -ence), from contingēns, present passive participle of contingō (“to make contact with, to be touching”).

Words formed from contingence

  • angle of contingence
  • line of contingence

Questions about contingence

What does contingence mean?
Contingence means contact; touching.
What is contingence in Bengali?
Contingence in Bengali is সংস্পর্শ, স্পর্শ করা, অনিশ্চয়তা. See Contingence meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is contingence?
Contingence is a noun.
What is the plural of contingence?
The plural of contingence is contingences.

Words near contingence in the dictionary

  1. continentness
  2. continents
  3. continents of stability
  4. continentward
  5. continentwide
  6. contingence
  7. contingences
  8. contingencies
  9. contingencies fund
  10. contingencies funds
  11. contingency

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