Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter C - Page 116
Contender (n.) （冠軍）爭奪者；競爭者 One who contends; a contestant.
Contender (n.) The contestant you hope to defeat; "he had respect for his rivals"; "he wanted to know what the competition was doing" [syn: rival, challenger, competitor, competition, contender].
Contendress (n.) [C] 女性參加競賽者，角逐者；質疑者 A female contestant. [R.]
Contenement (n.) (Law) That which is held together with another thing; that which is connected with a tenement, or thing holden, as a certain quantity of land adjacent to a dwelling, and necessary to the reputable enjoyment of the dwelling; appurtenance. -- Burrill.
Content (a.) 滿足的，滿意的；甘願的 [F] [（+with）] [+to-v] Contained within limits; hence, having the desires limited by that which one has; not disposed to repine or grumble; satisfied; contented; at rest.
Having food and rai ment, let us be therewith content. -- 1 Tim. v. i. 8.
Contents (n. pl. ) of Content
Content (n.) 滿足 [U] That which is contained; the thing or things held by a receptacle or included within specified limits; as, the contents of a cask or bale or of a room; the contents of a book.
I shall prove these writings . . . authentic, and the contents true, and worthy of a divine original. -- Grew.
Content (n.) Power of containing; capacity; extent; size. [Obs.]
Strong ship's, of great content. -- Bacon.
Content (n.) (Geom.) Area or quantity of space or matter contained within certain limits; as, solid contents; superficial contents.
The geometrical content, figure, and situation of all the lands of a kingdom. -- Graunt.
Table of contents, or Contents, A table or list of topics in a book, showing their order and the place where they may be found: a summary.
Content (v. t.) 使滿足 [（+with）] To satisfy the desires of; to make easy in any situation; to appease or quiet; to gratify; to please.
Do not content yourselves with obscure and confused ideas, where clearer are to be attained. -- I. Watts.
Pilate, willing to content the people, released Barabbas unto them. -- Mark xv. 15.
Content (v. t.) To satisfy the expectations of; to pay; to requite.
Come the next Sabbath, and I will content you. -- Shak.
Syn: To satisfy; appease; please. See Satiate.
Content (n.) Rest or quietness of the mind in one's present condition; freedom from discontent; satisfaction; contentment; moderate happiness.
Such is the fullness of my heart's content. -- Shak.
Content (n.) Acquiescence without examination. [Obs.]
The sense they humbly take upon content. -- Pope.
Content (n.) That which contents or satisfies; that which if attained would make one happy.
So will I in England work your grace's full content. -- Shak.
Content (n.) (Eng. House of Lords) An expression of assent to a bill or motion; an affirmative vote; also, a member who votes "Content.".
Supposing
the number of "Contents" and "Not contents" strictly equal
in number and consequence. -- Burke.
Content (a.) Satisfied or showing satisfaction with things as
they are; "a contented smile" [syn: contented, content] [ant:
discontent, discontented].
Content (n.) Everything that is included in a collection and that is held or included in something; "he emptied the contents of his pockets"; "the two groups were similar in content".
Content (n.) What a communication that is about something is about [syn: message, content, subject matter, substance].
Content (n.) The proportion of a substance that is contained in a mixture or alloy etc..
Content (n.) The amount that can be contained; "the gas tank has a capacity of 12 gallons" [syn: capacity, content].
Content (n.) The sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned [syn: content, cognitive content, mental object].
Content (n.) The state of being contented with your situation in life; "he relaxed in sleepy contentedness"; "they could read to their heart's content" [syn: contentedness, content].
Content (n.) Something (a person or object or scene) selected by an artist or photographer for graphic representation; "a moving picture of a train is more dramatic than a still picture of the same subject" [syn: subject, content, depicted object].
Content (v.) Satisfy in a limited way; "He contented himself with one glass of beer per day".
Content (v.) Make content; "I am contented" [ant: discontent].
Contentation (n.) Content; satisfaction. [Obs.] -- Bacon.
Contented (a.) Content; easy in mind; satisfied; quiet; willing. -- Con*tent"ed*ly, adv. -- Con*tent"ed*ness, n.
Contented (a.) Satisfied or showing satisfaction with things as they are; "a contented smile" [syn: contented, content] [ant: discontent, discontented].
Contentful (a.) Full of content. [Obs.] -- Barrow.
Contention (n.) 論點，主張 [C] [+that]；爭論；爭吵；爭奪；競爭 [U] [S1] [（+about/ against/ for/ with/ between）] A violent effort or struggle to obtain, or to resist, something; contest; strife.
I would my arms could match thee in contention. -- Shak.
Contention (n.) Strife in words; controversy; altercation; quarrel; dispute; as, a bone of contention.
Contentions and strivings about the law. -- Titus iii. 9.
Contention (n.) Vehemence of endeavor; eagerness; ardor; zeal.
An end . . . worthy our utmost contention to obtain. -- Rogers.
Contention (n.) A point maintained in an argument, or a line of argument taken in its support; the subject matter of discussion or strife; a position taken or contended for.
All men seem agreed what is to be done; the contention is how the subject is to be divided and defined. -- Bagehot.
This was my original contention, and I still maintain that you should abide by your former decision.
Syn: Struggle; strife; contest; quarrel; combat; conflict; feud; litigation; controversy; dissension; variance; disagreement; debate; competition; emulation.
Usage: Contention, Strife. A struggle between two parties is the idea common to these two words. Strife is a struggle for mastery; contention is a struggle for the possession of some desired object, or the accomplishment of some favorite end. Neither of the words is necessarily used in a bad sense, since there may be a generous strife or contention between two friends as to which shall incur danger or submit to sacrifices. Ordinarily, however, these words denote a struggle arising from bad passions. In that case, strife usually springs from a quarrelsome temper, and contention from, a selfish spirit which seeks its own aggrandizement, or is fearful lest others should obtain too much. Strife has more reference to the manner than to the object of a struggle, while contention takes more account of the end to be gained.
Contention (n.) A point asserted as part of an argument.
Contention (n.) A contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement; "they were involved in a violent argument" [syn: controversy, contention, contestation, disputation, disceptation, tilt, argument, arguing].
Contention (n.) The act of competing as for profit or a prize; "the teams were in fierce contention for first place" [syn: competition, contention, rivalry] [ant: cooperation].
Contentious (a.) 愛爭論的；有異議的；引起爭論的 Fond of contention; given to angry debate; provoking dispute or contention; quarrelsome.
Despotic and contentious temper. -- Macaulay.
Contentious (a.) Relating to contention or strife; involving or characterized by contention. -- Spenser.
More cheerful, though not less contentious, regions. -- Brougham.
Contentious (a.) (Law) Contested; litigated; litigious; having power to decide controversy.
Contentious jurisdiction (Eng. Eccl. Law), Jurisdiction over matters in controversy between parties, in contradistinction to voluntary jurisdiction, or that exercised upon matters not opposed or controverted.
Syn: Quarrelsome; pugnacious; dissentious; wrangling; litigious; perverse; peevish. -- Con*ten"tious*ly, adv. -- Con*ten"tious*ness, n.
Contentious (a.) Inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits; "a style described as abrasive and contentious"; "a disputatious lawyer"; "a litigious and acrimonious spirit" [syn: contentious, combative, disputatious, disputative, litigious].
Contentious (a.) Involving or likely to cause controversy; "a central and contentious element of the book" -- Tim W. Ferfuson
Contentless (a.) Discontented; dissatisfied. [R.] -- Shak.
Contently (adv.) In a contented manner. [Obs.]
Contentment (n.) 滿足，知足；滿意 [U] The state of being contented or satisfied; content.
Contentment without external honor is humility. -- Grew.
Godliness with contentment is great gain. -- 1 Tim. v. i. 6.
Contentment (n.) The act or process of contenting or satisfying; as, the contentment of avarice is impossible.
Contentment (n.) Gratification; pleasure; satisfaction. [Obs.]
At Paris the prince spent one whole day to give his mind some contentment in viewing of a famous city. -- Sir H. Wotton.
Contentment (n.) Happiness with one's
situation in life [ant: discontent, discontentedness, discontentment].
Contentment, () A state of mind in which one's desires are confined to his lot whatever it may be (1 Tim. 6:6; 2 Cor. 9:8). It is opposed to envy (James 3:16), avarice (Heb. 13:5), ambition (Prov. 13:10), anxiety (Matt. 6:25, 34), and repining (1 Cor. 10:10). It arises from the inward disposition, and is the offspring of humility, and of an intelligent consideration of the rectitude and benignity of divine providence (Ps. 96:1, 2; 145), the greatness of the divine promises (2 Pet. 1:4), and our own unworthiness (Gen. 32:10); as well as from the view the gospel opens up to us of rest and peace hereafter (Rom. 5:2).
Contents (n. pl.) See Content, n.
Conterminable (a.) Having the same bounds; terminating at the same time or place; conterminous.
Love and life not conterminable. -- Sir H. Wotton.
Conterminal (a.) Conterminous.
Conterminant (a.) Having the same limits; ending at the same time; conterminous. -- Lamb.
Conterminate (a.) Having the same bounds; conterminous. [Obs.] -- B. Jonson.
Conterminous (a.) 相接的；同一延伸的 Having the same bounds, or limits; bordering upon; contiguous.
This conformed so many of them as were conterminous to the colonies and garrisons, to the Roman laws. -- Sir M. Hale.
Conterminous (a.) Connecting without a break; within a common boundary; "the 48 conterminous states"; "the contiguous 48 states" [syn: {conterminous}, {contiguous}].
Conterminous (a.) Having a common boundary or edge; abutting; touching; "Rhode Island has two bordering states; Massachusetts and Conncecticut"; "the side of Germany conterminous with France"; "Utah and the contiguous state of Idaho"; "neighboring cities" [syn: {adjacent}, {conterminous}, {contiguous}, {neighboring(a)}].
Conterminous (a.) Being of equal extent or scope or duration [syn: {coextensive}, {coterminous}, {conterminous}].
Conterranean (a.) Alt. of Conterraneous
Conterraneous (a.) Of or belonging to the same country. -- Howell.
Contesseration (n.) An assemblage; a
collection; harmonious union. [Obs.]
That person of his [George Herbert], which afforded so unusual a contesseration of elegancies. -- Oley.
Contested (imp. & p. p.) of Contest
Contesting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Contest
Contest (v. t.) 爭奪；與……競賽；對……提出質疑 To make a subject of dispute, contention, litigation, or emulation; to contend for; to call in question; to controvert; to oppose; to dispute.
The people . . . contested not what was done. -- Locke.
Few philosophical aphorisms have been more frequenty repeated, few more contested than this. -- J. D. Morell.
Contest (v. t.) To strive earnestly to hold or maintain; to struggle to defend; as, the troops contested every inch of ground.
Contest (v. t.) (Law) To make a subject of litigation; to defend, as a suit; to dispute or resist; as a claim, by course of law; to controvert.
To contest an election. (Polit.) To strive to be elected.
To contest an election. (Polit.) To dispute the declared result of an election.
Syn: To dispute; controvert; debate; litigate; oppose; argue; contend.
Contest (v. i.) 競爭，角逐；爭辯 [（+with/ against）] To engage in contention, or emulation; to contend; to strive; to vie; to emulate; -- followed usually by with.
The difficulty of an argument adds to the pleasure of contesting with it, when there are hopes of victory. -- Bp. Burnet.
Of man, who dares in pomp with Jove contest? -- Pope.
Contest (n.) Earnest dispute; strife in argument; controversy; debate; altercation.
Leave all noisy contests, all immodest clamors and brawling language. -- I. Watts.
Contest (n.) Earnest struggle for superiority, victory, defense, etc.; competition; emulation; strife in arms; conflict; combat; encounter.
The late battle had, in effect, been a contest between one usurper and another. -- Hallam.
It was fully expected that the contest there would be long and fierce. -- Macaulay.
Syn: Conflict; combat; battle; encounter; shock; struggle; dispute; altercation; debate; controvesy; difference; disagreement; strife.
Usage: Contest, Conflict, Combat, Encounter. Contest is the broadest term, and had originally no reference to actual fighting. It was, on the contrary, a legal term signifying to call witnesses, and hence came to denote first a struggle in argument, and then a struggle for some common object between opposing parties, usually one of considerable duration, and implying successive stages or acts. Conflict denotes literally a close personal engagement, in which sense it is applied to actual fighting. It is, however, more commonly used in a figurative sense to denote strenuous or direct opposition; as, a mental conflict; conflicting interests or passions; a conflict of laws. An encounter is a direct meeting face to face. Usually it is a hostile meeting, and is then very nearly coincident with conflict; as, an encounter of opposing hosts. Sometimes it is used in a looser sense; as, "this keen encounter of our wits." -- Shak. Combat is commonly applied to actual fighting, but may be used figuratively in reference to a strife or words or a struggle of feeling.
Contest (n.) An occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants [syn: contest, competition]
Contest (n.) A struggle between rivals.
Contest (v.) To make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation; "They contested the outcome of the race" [syn: contest, contend, repugn].
Contestable (a.) 可爭的；爭論的 Capable of being contested; debatable.
Contestable (a.) Capable of being contested [ant: incontestable, incontestible].
Contestant (n.) [C] 參加競賽者，角逐者；質疑者 One who contests; an opponent; a litigant; a disputant; one who claims that which has been awarded to another.
Contestant (n.) A person who participates in competitions
Contestant (n.) A person who dissents from some established policy [syn: dissenter, dissident, protester, objector, contestant].
Contestation (n.) 爭論 The act of contesting; emulation; rivalry; strife; dispute. "Loverlike contestation." -- Milton.
After years spent in domestic, unsociable contestations, she found means to withdraw. -- Clarendon.
Contestation (n.) Proof by witness; attestation; testimony. [Obs.]
A solemn contestation ratified on the part of God. -- Barrow.
Contestation (n.) A contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement; "they were involved in a violent argument" [syn: controversy, contention, contestation, disputation, disceptation, tilt, argument, arguing].
Contestingly (adv.) In a contesting or contending manner.
Contex (v. t.) To context. [Obs.] -- Boyle.
Context
(a.) Knit
or woven together; close; firm. [Obs.]
The coats, without, are context and callous. -- Derham.
Context (n.) [C. U] 【語】上下文；文章脈絡；（事件的）來龍去脈，背景The part or parts of something written or printed, as of Scripture, which precede or follow a text or quoted sentence, or are so intimately associated with it as to throw light upon its meaning.
According to all the light that the contexts afford. -- Sharp.
Context (v. t.) To knit or bind together; to unite closely. [Obs.] -- Feltham.
The whole world's frame, which is contexted only by commerce and contracts. -- R. Junius.
Context (n.) Discourse that surrounds a language unit and helps to determine its interpretation [syn: context, linguistic context, context of use]
Context (n.) The set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event; "the historical context" [syn: context, circumstance, setting].
Context, () In a grammar, context refers to the symbols before and after the symbol under consideration. If the syntax of a symbol is independent of its context, the grammar is a context-free grammar. (2014-11-24)
Context, () The general series or composition of a law, contract, covenant, or agreement.
Context, () When, there is any obscurity in the words of an agreement or law, the context must be considered in its construction, for it must be performed according to the intention of its framers. 2 Cowen, 781,; 3 Miss. 447 1 Harringt. 154; 6 John. 43; 5 Gill & John. 239; 3 B. & P. 565; 8 East, 80 1 Dall. 426; 4 Dall. 340; 3 S. & R. 609 See Construction; Interpretation.
Contextural (a.) Pertaining to contexture or arrangement of parts; producing contexture; interwoven. -- Dr. John Smith (1666).
Contexture (n.) 組織；結構 The arrangement and union of the constituent parts of a thing; a weaving together of parts; structural character of a thing; system; constitution; texture.
That wonderful contexture of all created beings. -- Dryden.
He was not of any delicate contexture; his limbs rather sturdy than dainty. -- Sir H. Wotton.
Contextured (a.) Formed into texture; woven together; arranged; composed. [R.] -- Carlyle.
Conticent (a.) Silent. [R.] "The guests sit conticent." -- Thackeray.
Contignation (n.) The act or process of framing together, or uniting, as beams in a fabric. -- Burke.
Contignation (n.) A framework or fabric, as of beams. -- Sir H. Wotton.
Contiguate (a.) Contiguous; touching. [Obs.] -- Holland.
Contiguity (n.) 接近；一連串的事物；一系列；一大片 The state of being contiguous; intimate association; nearness; proximity.
The convicinity and contiguity of the two parishes. -- T. Warton.
Contiguity (n.)
The attribute of being so near as to be touching [syn: adjacency,
contiguity, contiguousness].
Contiguous (a.) 接觸的；鄰近的；連續的 In actual contact; touching; also, adjacent; near; neighboring; adjoining.
The two halves of the paper did not appear fully divided . . . but seemed contiguous at one of their angles. -- Sir I. Newton.
Sees no contiguous palace rear its head. -- Goldsmith.
Contiguous angles. See Adjacent angles, under Angle.
Syn: Adjoining; adjacent. See Adjacent. -- Con*tig"u*ous*ly, adv. -- Con*tig"u*ous*ness, n. Continence
Contiguous (a.) Very close or connected in space or time; "contiguous events"; "immediate contact"; "the immediate vicinity"; "the immediate past" [syn: contiguous, immediate].
Contiguous (a.) Connecting without a break; within a common boundary; "the 48 conterminous states"; "the contiguous 48 states" [syn: conterminous, contiguous].
Contiguous (a.) Having a common boundary or edge; abutting; touching; "Rhode Island has two bordering states; Massachusetts and Conncecticut"; "the side of Germany conterminous with France"; "Utah and the contiguous state of Idaho"; "neighboring cities" [syn: adjacent, conterminous, contiguous, neighboring(a)].
Continence (n.) Alt. of Continency
Continency (n.) 自制；節制；禁慾 Self-restraint; self-command.
He knew what to say; he knew also, when to leave off, -- a continence which is practiced by few writers. -- Dryden.
Continency (n.) The restraint which a person imposes upon his desires and passions; the act or power of refraining from indulgence of the sexual appetite, esp. from unlawful indulgence; sometimes, moderation in sexual indulgence.
If they [the unmarried and widows] have not continency, let them marry. -- 1 Cor. vii. 9 (Rev. Ver. ).
Chastity is either abstinence or continence: abstinence is that of virgins or widows; continence, that of married persons. -- Jer. Taylor.
Continency (n.) Uninterrupted course; continuity. [Obs.] -- Ayliffe.
Continence (n.) The exercise of self constraint in sexual matters [syn: continence, continency].
Continence (n.) Voluntary control over urinary and fecal discharge.
Continent (a.) Serving to restrain or limit; restraining; opposing. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Continent (a.) Exercising restraint as to the indulgence of desires or passions; temperate; moderate.
Have a continent forbearance till the speed of his rage goes slower. -- Shak.
Continent (a.) 【書】自制的，克制的；節慾的 Abstaining from sexual intercourse; exercising restraint upon the sexual appetite; esp., abstaining from illicit sexual intercourse; chaste.
My past life.
Hath been as continent, as chaste, as true,
As I am now unhappy. -- Shak.
Continent (a.) Not interrupted; connected; continuous; as, a continent fever. [Obs.]
The northeast part of Asia is, if not continent with the west side of America, yet certainly it is the least disoined by sea of all that coast. -- Berrewood.
Continent (n.) That which contains anything; a receptacle. [Obs.]
The smaller continent which we call a pipkin. -- Bp. Kennet.
Continent (n.) 大陸，陸地；大洲 [C]；（大寫）歐洲大陸 [the S] One of the grand divisions of land on the globe; the main land; specifically (Phys. Geog.), a large body of land differing from an island, not merely in its size, but in its structure, which is that of a large basin bordered by mountain chains; as, the continent of North America.
Note: The continents are now usually regarded as six in number: North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia. But other large bodies of land are also reffered to as continents; as, the Antarctic continent; the continent of Greenland. Europe, Asia, and Africa are often grouped together as the Eastern Continent, and North and South America as the Western Continent.
The Continent, The main land of Europe, as distinguished from the islands, especially from England.
Compare: Encratite
Encratite (n.) (Eccl. Hist.) One of a sect in the 2d century who abstained from marriage, wine, and animal food; - called also {Continent}.
Encratites (n.) The Encratites ("self-controlled") were an ascetic 2nd-century sect of Christians who forbade marriage and counselled abstinence from meat. Eusebius says that Tatian was the author of this heresy. [1] It has been supposed that it was these Gnostic Encratites who were chastised in the epistle of 1 Timothy (4:1-4). [2] [3]
Compare: Ascetic
Ascetic (a.) 禁慾主義的；苦行的 Characterized by severe self-discipline and abstention from all forms of indulgence, typically for religious reasons.
‘An ascetic life of prayer, fasting, and manual labour.’
Ascetic (n.) 禁慾主義者；苦行者；苦修者 A person who follows an ascetic life.
Continent (a.) Having control over urination and defecation [ant: {incontinent}].
Continent (a.) Abstaining from sexual intercourse; "celibate priests" [syn: {celibate}, {continent}].
Continent (n.) One of the large landmasses of the earth; "there are seven continents"; "pioneers had to cross the continent on foot".
Continent (n.) The European mainland; "Englishmen like to visit the Continent but they wouldn't like to live there".
Continent (n.) [ C ] (B1) 洲，大洲，大陸 One of the seven large land masses on the earth's surface, surrounded, or mainly surrounded, by sea and usually consisting of various countries.
// The North American continent.
// The continents of Asia and Africa.
Continent (a.) 有排便節制力的 Able to control when you urinate and empty your bowels.
Opposite:
Incontinent (a.) （大小便）失禁的 Unable to control the excretion of urine or the contents of the bowels.
// Many of our elderly patients are incontinent.
// As the illness progressed, she became doubly incontinent (= unable to control the excretion both of urine and the contents of the bowels).
Continent (a.) (Literary) 能節制性慾的 Able to control your sexual desires.
The Continent (n.) [ S ] (Mainly UK) 歐洲大陸；（尤指不包括不列顛群島的）西歐 Europe, especially western Europe, but not including the British Isles.
// Driving on the Continent is very different to driving in Britain.
Continental (n.) [ C ] (Also continental) (Mainly UK old-fashioned) （常大寫）歐洲大陸人 [C]；（美國獨立戰爭時發行的）大陸幣 [C] Someone who comes from Europe but not the British Isles.
Continental (a.) 洲的；大陸的；（常大寫）歐洲大陸的 Of or pertaining to a continent.
Continental (a.) Of or pertaining to the main land of Europe, in distinction from the adjacent islands, especially England; as, a continental tour; a continental coalition. -- Macaulay.
No former king had involved himself so frequently in the labyrinth of continental alliances. -- Hallam.
Continental (a.) (Amer. Hist.) Of or pertaining to the confederated colonies collectively, in the time of the Revolutionary War; as, Continental money.
The army
before Boston was designated as the Continental army, in
contradistinction to that under General Gage, which was called
the "Ministerial army." -- W. Irving.
Continental Congress. See under Congress.
Continental system (Hist.), The blockade of Great Britain ordered by Napoleon by the decree of Berlin, Nov. 21, 1806; the object being to strike a blow at the maritime and commercial supremacy of Great Britain, by cutting her off from all intercourse with the continent of Europe.
Continental (n.) (Amer. Hist.) A soldier in the Continental army. See {Continental}, a., 3.
Continental (n.) (Amer. Hist.) A piece of the Continental currency, paper money issued under authority of the Continental Congress. See {Continental}, a., 3.
Note: "Not worth a continental." 一錢不值 Was said of Continental currency after the American revolution, when it was considered almost worthless. Eventually, under Alexander Hamilton's direction at the Treasury department, the currency was all redeemed at full value.
Continental (a.) Of or pertaining to or typical of Europe; "a Continental breakfast".
Continental (a.) Of or relating to or concerning the American colonies during and immediately after the American Revolutionary War; "the Continental Army"; "the Continental Congress".
Continental (a.) Of or relating to or characteristic of a continent; "the continental divide"; "continental drift".
Continental (a.) Being or concerning or limited to a continent especially the continents of North America or Europe; "the continental United States"; "continental Europe"; "continental waters" [ant: {intercontinental}].
Continental, OH -- U.S. village in Ohio
Population (2000): 1188
Housing Units (2000): 509
Land area (2000): 0.709200 sq. miles (1.836820 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.009000 sq. miles (0.023310 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.718200 sq. miles (1.860130 sq. km)
FIPS code: 18504
Located within: Ohio (OH), FIPS 39
Location: 41.097971 N, 84.266388 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 45831
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Continental, OH
Continental
Continently (adv.) 節制地；柔和地 In a continent manner; chastely; moderately; temperately.
Contingence (n.) See Contingency.
Contingence (n.) 接觸；偶然；可能性；意外事故；可能發生的附帶事件 A possible event or occurrence or result [syn: eventuality, contingency, contingence].
Contingencies (n. pl. ) of Contingency
Contingency (n.) 意外事故；偶然事件 [C]；可能性；偶然性 [U]；（伴隨發生的）情況 [C] Union or connection; the state of touching or contact. "Point of contingency." -- J. Gregory.
Contingency (n.) The quality or state of being contingent or casual; the possibility of coming to pass.
Aristotle says we are not to build certain rules on the contingency of human actions. -- South.
Contingency (n.) An event which may or may not occur; that which is possible or probable; a fortuitous event; a chance.
The remarkable position of the queen rendering her death a most important contingency. -- Hallam.
Contingency (n.) An adjunct or accessory. -- Worddsworth.
Contingency (n.) (Law) A certain possible event that may or may not happen, by which, when happening, some particular title may be affected.
Syn: Casualty; accident; chance.
Contingency (n.) A possible event or occurrence or result [syn: {eventuality}, {contingency}, {contingence}].
Contingency (n.) The state of being contingent on something.
Contingent (a.) 附帶的 [（+to）]；以……為條件的 [F] [（+on/ upon）]；可能的，不一定的；難以預料的；偶然發生的 Possible, or liable, but not certain, to occur; incidental; casual.
Weighing so much actual crime against so much contingent advantage. -- Burke.
Contingent (a.) Dependent on that which is undetermined or unknown; as, the success of his undertaking is contingent upon events which he can not control. "Uncertain and contingent causes." -- Tillotson.
Contingent (a.) (Law) Dependent for effect on something that may or may not occur; as, a contingent estate.
If a contingent legacy be left to any one when he attains, or if he attains, the age of twenty-one. -- Blackstone.
Contingent (n.) [C] 分遣隊；代表團；（大組中的）一組 [G]；意外事故；偶然事件；分得部分 An event which may or may not happen; that which is unforeseen, undetermined, or dependent on something future; a contingency.
His understanding could almost pierce into future contingents. -- South.
Contingent (n.) That which falls to one in a division or apportionment among a number; a suitable share; proportion; esp., a quota of troops.
From the Alps to the border of Flanders, contingents were required . . . 200,000 men were in arms. -- Milman.
Contingent (a.) Possible but not certain to occur; "they had to plan for contingent expenses".
Contingent (a.) Determined by conditions or circumstances that follow; "arms sales contingent on the approval of congress" [syn: {contingent}, {contingent on(p)}, {contingent upon(p)}, {dependent on(p)}, {dependant on(p)}, {dependent upon(p)}, {dependant upon(p)}, {depending on(p)}].
Contingent (a.) Uncertain because of uncontrollable circumstances; "the results of confession were not contingent, they were certain"- George Eliot.
Contingent (n.) A gathering of persons representative of some larger group; "each nation sent a contingent of athletes to the Olympics".
Contingent (n.) A temporary military unit; "the peacekeeping force includes one British contingent" [syn: {contingent}, {detail}].
Contingent (n.) What may or may not happen;. what depends upon a doubtful event; as, a contingent debt, which is a debt depending upon some uncertain event. 9 Ves. It. 110; Co. Bankr. Laws, 245; 7 Ves. It. 301; 1 Ves. & Bea. 176; 8 Ves. R. 334; 1 Rose, R. 523; 3 T. R. 539; 4 T. R. 570. A contingent legacy is one which is not vested. Will. on Executors, h.t. See Contingent Remainder; Contingent Use.
Contingently (adv.) 偶發地；臨時地 In a contingent manner; without design or foresight; accidentally.
Contingentness (n.) The state of being contingent; fortuitousness.
Compare: Fortuitousness
Fortuitousness (n.) 偶然性；幸運，吉祥 See Fortuitous.
‘Oh - and the apple slice is not lacking in fortuitousness - it exceeded my expectations.’
Fortuitous (a.) 偶然的；幸運的；吉祥的 Happening by accident or chance rather than design.
Fortuitous (a.) Happening by a lucky chance; fortunate.
‘From a cash standpoint, the company's timing is fortuitous.’
Usage
The traditional, etymological meaning of fortuitous is ‘happening by chance’: a fortuitous meeting is a chance meeting, which might turn out to be either a good thing or a bad thing. In modern uses, however, fortuitous tends more often to be used to refer to fortunate outcomes, and the word has become more or less a synonym for ‘lucky’ or ‘fortunate.’ This use is frowned upon as being not etymologically correct and is best avoided except in informal contexts
Continuable (a.) Capable of being continued. [R.]
Continual (a.) 多次重複的，頻頻的 [B]；不間斷的，連續的 Proceeding without interruption or cesstaion; continuous; unceasing; lasting; abiding.
He that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast. -- Prov. xv. 15.
Continual (a.) Occuring in steady and rapid succession; very frequent; often repeated.
The eye is deligh by a continental succession of small landscapes. -- W. Irwing.
Continual proportionals (Math.), Quantities in continued proportion. -- Brande & C.
Syn: Constant; prepetual; incessant; unceasing; uninterrupted; unintermitted; continuous. See Constant, and Continuous.
Continual (a.) Occurring
without interruption; chiefly restricted to what recurs regularly or
frequently in a prolonged and closely spaced series; "the continual
banging of the shutters" [ant: sporadic].
Continual (a.) `Continual' (meaning seemingly
uninterrupted) is often used interchangeably with `continuous' (meaning without
interruption).
Continually (adv.) 不停地；屢屢地，一再地 Without cessation; unceasingly; continuously; as, the current flows continually.
Why do not all animals continually increase in bigness? -- Bentley.
Continually (adv.) In regular or repeated succession; very often.
Thou shalt eat bread at my table continually. -- 2 Sam. ix. 7.
Continually (adv.) Seemingly without interruption; "complained continually that there wasn't enough money".
Continuance (n.) 繼續的期間，停留，持續 A holding on, or remaining in a particular state; permanence, as of condition, habits, abode, etc.; perseverance; constancy; duration; stay.
Great plagues, and of long continuance. -- Deut. xxviii. 59.
Patient continuance in well-doing. -- Rom. ii. 7.
Continuance (n.) Uninterrupted succession; continuation; constant renewal; perpetuation; propagation.
The brute immediately regards his own preservation or the continuance of his species. -- Addison.