About The Word Contingent
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Contingent
Contingent Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Contingent?
[n] a gathering of persons representative of some larger group; "each nation sent a contingent of athletes to the Olympics"
[n] a temporary military unit; "the peace-keeping force includes one British contingent" [adj] uncertain because of uncontrollable circumstances; "the results of confession were not contingent, they were certain"- George Eliot [adj] determined by conditions or circumstances not yet established; "arms sales contingent on the approval of congress" [adj] possible but not certain to occur; "they had to plan for contingent expenses" Synonyms | Synonyms for Contingent: conditional | contingent on(p) | dependant on(p) | dependent on(p) | depending on(p) | detail | possible | uncertain Related Terms | Find terms related to Contingent: accessory | accident | accidental | addendum | addition | additional | adjunct | adscititious | adventitious | adventure | age group | aleatory | allotment | allowance | appendage | appurtenance | appurtenant | ascititious | at issue | auxiliary | band | based on | battalion | bevy | big end | bigger half | bit | bite | body | boxed in | brigade | brushing | budget | bunch | cabal | cast | casual | casualty | causeless | chance | chance hit | chancy | chunk | circumscribed by | circumstantial | clique | cogitable | cohort | collateral | coming | coming to be | commission | company | complement | component | conceivable | conceivably possible | conditional | conditioned | contacting | contingency | contingent on | corps | coterie | covey | crew | cross section | crowd | cut | deal | dependent | dependent on | depending | depending on | depending on circumstances | destinal | destiny | detachment | detail | dicey | dividend | division | dole | end | equal share | event | eventual | eventuality | eventuation | extra | faction | fatal | fate | fatidic | final | fleet | fluke | fluky | fortuitous | fortuity | fraction | freak accident | gang | glancing | grazing | group | grouping | groupment | half | halver | hap | happening | happenstance | hazard | hedged about by | helping | hinging on | humanly possible | iffy | imaginable | impingent | impinging | in contact | in question | in suspense | in the balance | incidence | incident to | incidental | incidental to | indeterminate | indirect | inessential | in-group | installment | interest | item | junta | last | likely | long odds | long shot | lot | lucky shot | materialization | measure | meed | meeting | mere chance | mess | mob | modicum | moiety | movement | nonessential | not-self | nudging | occasional | odd | open | osculatory | other | outfit | out-group | pack | parcel | part | particular | party | peer group | pendent | pending | percentage | phalanx | piece | platoon | plausible | portion | posse | possible | potential | predicated on | probable | proportion | provisional | quadrant | quantum | quarter | quota | rake-off | random sample | ration | realization | regiment | relative | reliant | remainder | revolving on | risky | rubbing | salon | sample | sampling | secondary | section | sector | segment | set | share | slice | small share | squad | stable | stake | steady | stock | string | subdivision | subgroup | subject to | subsidiary | subspecies | superadded | superaddition | superfluous | supervenient | supplement | supplemental | supplementary | suspenseful | tangent | tangential | team | thinkable | touching | tribe | troop | troupe | turning on | ultimate | unanticipated | uncaused | uncounted | undecided | undetermined | unessential | unestablished | unexpected | unfixed | unforeseeable | unforeseen | unlooked-for | unpredictable | unsettled | untold | up for grabs | wing See Also | assemblage | force | gathering | military force | military group | military unit Contingent In Webster's Dictionary \Con*tin"gent\, a. [L. contingens, -entis, p. pr. of
contingere to touch on all sides, to happen; con- + tangere
to touch: cf. F. contingent. See {Tangent}, {Tact}.]
1. Possible, or liable, but not certain, to occur;
incidental; casual.
Weighing so much actual crime against so much
contingent advantage. --Burke.
2. 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.
3. (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.
\Con*tin"gent\, n. 1. 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 contingets. --South. 2. 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. |
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