contingent
Meaning of contingent
- subject to chance.
the contingent nature of the job
- occurring or existing only if (certain circumstances) are the case; dependent on.
his fees were contingent on the success of his search
- a group of people sharing a common feature, forming part of a larger group.
a contingent of Japanese businessmen attending a conference
late Middle English (in the sense ‘of uncertain occurrence’): from Latin contingere ‘befall’, from con- ‘together with’ + tangere ‘to touch’. The noun sense was originally ‘something happening by chance’, then ‘a person's share resulting from a division, a quota’; the current sense dates from the early 18th century.
Information about contingent
- The plural form of contingent is: contingents.
- Languages in which contingent is used:
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CatalanHyphenation of contingent
con-tin-gent
- It consists of 3 syllables and 10 chars.
- contingent is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
contingent synonyms
Meaning detail:
Meaning fortuitous; accidental:
Meaning happening by chance, unintentionally, or unexpectedly:
Meaning happening by chance rather than intention:
Meaning able to be done or achieved:
Meaning not anticipated or predicted:
Meaning not able to be anticipated or predicted:
Meaning not expected or regarded as likely to happen:
Meaning (of an event or result) unforeseen:
Meaning not able to be predicted; changeable:
Meaning not expected or predicted:
Meaning governed by or involving equal chances for each item:
Meaning lacking any obvious principle of organization:
Meaning contingent on or determined by:
Meaning subject to one or more conditions or requirements being met:
Meaning a number of people or things that are located, gathered, or classed together:
Meaning a group of people taking part in a particular activity or trip:
Meaning an organized group of people with a common purpose or function:
Meaning a flat, thin strip or loop of material, used as a fastener, for reinforcement, or as decoration:
Meaning put, lay, or stand (something) in a specified place or position:
Meaning a group of people appointed to undertake a mission or take part in a formal process on behalf of a larger group:
Meaning a body of delegates or representatives; a deputation:
Meaning an important assignment given to a person or group of people, typically involving travel abroad:
Meaning a group of troops, aircraft, or ships sent away on a separate mission:
Meaning a subdivision of a larger military grouping:
Meaning the action of separating something into parts or the process of being separated:
Meaning an operational unit in an air force consisting of two or more flights of aircraft and the personnel required to fly them:
Meaning any of the more or less distinct parts into which something is or may be divided or from which it is made up:
Meaning a commercial business:
Meaning a body of people engaged in a particular activity:
Meaning an ancient Roman military unit, comprising six centuries, equal to one tenth of a legion:
Meaning a number of things, typically of the same kind, growing or fastened together:
Meaning an organized group of criminals:
contingent antonyms
Meaning able to be predicted:
Translation of contingent
- Italian: contingente
- Spanish: contingente
- German: Kontingent
- Portuguese: contingente
- French: contingent
Anagrams of contingent
Words that rhyme with contingent
Gent, gent, CollagENT, Imagent, agent, coagent, counteragent, interagent, misagent, newsagent, nonagent, reagent, subagent, superagent, underagent, Grandgent, archregent, coregent, interregent, nonregent, omnilegent, omniregent, proregent, regent, subregent, viceregent, Sulligent, cononintelligent, corrigent, diligent, dirigent, eligent, exigent, figent, hyperintelligent, indigent, intelligent, intransigent, negligent, nondiligent, nonexigent, nonintelligent, nonnegligent, overdiligent, overnegligent, perdiligent, preintelligent, prenegligent, superintelligent, supernegligent