Both Uses of
contingency
in
The Great Gatsby
- He was employed in a vague personal capacity — while he remained with Cody he was in turn steward, mate, skipper, secretary, and even jailor, for Dan Cody sober knew what lavish doings Dan Cody drunk might soon be about, and he provided for such contingencies by reposing more and more trust in Gatsby.
p. 100.5 *contingencies = things that might happen
- The immediate contingency overtook him, pulled him back from the edge of the theoretical abyss.
p. 121.9contingency = thing that might happen
Definition:
something that might happen -- especially something that it is hoped will not happen
or more rarely:
something available in case of an event -- especially an event that it is hoped will not occur
or more rarely:
something available in case of an event -- especially an event that it is hoped will not occur