contingent
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[edit] Noun
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contingent (plural contingents)
- An event which may or may not happen; that which is unforeseen, undetermined, or dependent on something future; a contingency.
- That which falls to one in a division or apportionment among a number; a suitable share; proportion;
- (military) a quota of troops.
[edit] Translations
that which falls to one in a division or apportionment among a number
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[edit] Adjective
contingent (comparative more contingent, superlative most contingent)
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- Possible or liable, but not certain to occur; incidental; casual.
- (with upon) Dependent on something that is undetermined or unknown.
- The success of his undertaking is contingent upon events which he can not control.
- Dependent on something that may or may not occur.
- a contingent estate
- Not logically necessarily true or false.
[edit] Translations
possible, liable, incidental, casual
dependent on something unknown
dependent on something that may or may not occur
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[edit] Anagrams
- Alphagram: ceginnnott
- contenting
