Contingent
[kən'tɪndʒ(ə)nt] or [kən'tɪndʒənt]
Definition
(noun.) a gathering of persons representative of some larger group; 'each nation sent a contingent of athletes to the Olympics'.
(noun.) a temporary military unit; 'the peacekeeping 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 that follow; 'arms sales contingent on the approval of congress' .
(adj.) possible but not certain to occur; 'they had to plan for contingent expenses' .
Typist: Moira--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Possible, or liable, but not certain, to occur; incidental; casual.
(a.) Dependent on that which is undetermined or unknown; as, the success of his undertaking is contingent upon events which he can not control.
(a.) Dependent for effect on something that may or may not occur; as, a contingent estate.
(n.) An event which may or may not happen; that which is unforeseen, undetermined, or dependent on something future; a contingency.
(n.) That which falls to one in a division or apportionment among a number; a suitable share; proportion; esp., a quota of troops.
Edited by Barbie
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Accidental, fortuitous, incidental, casual, happening by chance.[2]. Conditional, uncertain, dependent on circumstances.
n. Quota, proportion, share, proportional part.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Contribution, subsidy, supply, succor, reinforcement, auxiliaries, donation,subscription
ANT:Army, sum, host, campaign, fund, capital
SYN:Dependent, incidental, resultant, co-emcient, hypothetical, uncertain,conditional
ANT:Positive, absolute, independent, unmodified, unaffected, uncontrolled,irrespective
Typed by Felix
Definition
adj. dependent on something else: liable but not certain to happen: accidental.—n. an event which is liable but not certain to occur: a share or proportion esp. of soldiers.—ns. Contin′gence Contin′gency.—adv. Contin′gently.
Checker: Luther
Examples
- Such objections as the above would be fatal to my view, if it included advance in organisation as a necessary contingent. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Also a contingent of 400 Thebans remained. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- This intermediate or contingent matter is and is not at the same time, and partakes both of existence and of non-existence. Plato. The Republic.
- It is to the Ph?nician contingent and to Aramean accessions in Babylon that the financial and commercial tradition of the Jews is to be ascribed. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The Thespian contingent of 700, however, refused to fall back. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The Prussian contingent had surrendered to the Russians; the Austrians had gone homeward to the south. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The financial and commercial interests of the country were in panic; but the pool persevered in its effort to corner gold, with a profit of many millions contingent on success. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It is not probable that variability is an inherent and necessary contingent, under all circumstances. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- The money which I brought into the family, sir, Lady George cried out-- You purchased a contingent reversion with it, the Marquis said darkly. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- It was another huge medley of contingents, and it relied for its chief force upon that now antiquated weapon, the war chariot. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The nucleus of his army marched from Susa, gathering up contingents as they made their way to the Bosphorus. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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