continˈgence noun

1. Contact
2. Contingency (obsolete)

continˈgency noun

1. The quality or state of being contingent
2. A possible future event
3. A chance happening or concurrence of events
4. Something dependent on such an event (also adjective)
5. Chance
6. Uncertainty
7. An incidental
8. Close connection
9. Contact (obsolete)

continˈgently adverb

contingency plans plural noun

Plans or arrangements made in case a particular situation should arise

contingency table noun (statistics)

A table of figures used to examine the correlation between two variables