Meanings
nouncontingency plan (plural contingency plans)
plural contingency plans
- An alternative plan to be put into operation if needed, especially in case of emergencies, or if a primary plan fails.
Synonyms: plan B, fallback, alternative plan, back-up plan, backup plan, fall-back, fallback, fallback plan
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn alternative plan to be put into operation if needed, especially in case of emergencies, or if a primary plan fails.
Opposite
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Translations
Catalan pla B
- pla Balternative plan
Chinese Mandarin 應急計劃 /应急计划
- 應急計劃 /应急计划 (yìngjí jìhuà)alternative plan
Czech plán B, pohotovostní plán
- plán Balternative plan
- pohotovostní plánalternative plan
- záložní plánalternative plan
Danish beredskabsplan
- beredskabsplanalternative plan
Dutch plan B
- plan Balternative plan
Esperanto plano B
- plano Balternative plan
Finnish varasuunnitelma, hätäsuunnitelma
- varasuunnitelmaalternative plan
- hätäsuunnitelmaalternative plan
- jatkuvuussuunnitelmaalternative plan
French plan B
- plan Balternative plan
German Plan B, Notfallplan
- Plan Balternative plan
- Notfallplanalternative plan
- Alternativplanalternative plan
- Ausweichplanalternative plan
Hungarian vészforgatókönyv, B terv
- vészforgatókönyvalternative plan
- B tervalternative plan
Irish plean B, plean teagmhais
- plean Balternative plan
- plean teagmhaisalternative plan
Italian piano B
- piano Balternative plan
Norwegian Bokmål beredskapsplan, plan B
- beredskapsplanalternative plan
- plan Balternative plan
- reserveplanalternative plan
Polish plan awaryjny, plan B
- plan awaryjnyalternative plan
- plan Balternative plan
Portuguese plano B
- plano Balternative plan
Russian запасно́й план, план Б
- запасно́й план (zapasnój plan)alternative plan
- план Бalternative plan
- запасно́й вариа́нт (zapasnój variánt)alternative plan
- чрезвыча́йный план (črezvyčájnyj plan)alternative plan
Spanish plan B
- plan Balternative plan
Swedish beredskapsplan, plan B
- beredskapsplanalternative plan
- plan Balternative plan
- nödplanalternative plan
- reservplanalternative plan
- alternativplanalternative plan
Welsh cynllun at raid, cynllun wrth gefn
- cynllun at raidalternative plan
- cynllun wrth gefnalternative plan
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