Definitions for contingent
kənˈtɪn dʒəntcon·tin·gent

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. contingentnoun

   a gathering of persons representative of some larger group

   "each nation sent a contingent of athletes to the Olympics"

2. contingent, detailadjective

   a temporary military unit

   "the peacekeeping force includes one British contingent"

3. contingentadjective

   possible but not certain to occur

   "they had to plan for contingent expenses"

4. contingent, contingent on(p), contingent upon(p), dependent on(p), dependant on(p), dependent upon(p), dependant upon(p), depending on(p)adjective

   determined by conditions or circumstances that follow

   "arms sales contingent on the approval of congress"

5. contingentadjective

   uncertain because of uncontrollable circumstances

   "the results of confession were not contingent, they were certain"- George Eliot

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. contingentnoun

   An event which may or may not happen; that which is unforeseen, undetermined, or dependent on something future; a contingency.

2. contingentnoun

   That which falls to one in a division or apportionment among a number; a suitable share; proportion;

3. contingentnoun

   (military) a quota of troops.

4. contingentadjective

   Possible or liable, but not certain to occur; incidental; casual.

5. contingentadjective

   (with upon) Dependent on something that is undetermined or unknown.

   The success of his undertaking is contingent upon events which he can not control.

6. contingentadjective

   Dependent on something that may or may not occur.

   a contingent estate

7. contingentadjective

   Not logically necessarily true or false.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Contingentadjective

   Falling out by chance; accidental; not determinable by any certain rule.

   Etymology: contingens, Latin.

   Hazard naturally implies in it, first, something future; secondly, something contingent. South.

   I first thoroughly informed myself in all material circumstances of it, in more places than one, that there might be nothing casual or contingent in any one of those circumstances. John Woodward, Natural History.

2. Contingentnoun

   1. A thing in the hands of chance.

   By contingents we are to understand those things which come to pass without any human forecast. Nehemiah Grew, Cosmol. b. iii. c. 2.

   His understanding could almost pierce into future contingents, his conjectures improving even to prophecy. Robert South, Sermons.

   2. A proportion that falls to any person upon a division: thus, in time of war, each prince of Germany is to furnish his contingent of men, money, and munition.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Contingentadjective

   possible, or liable, but not certain, to occur; incidental; casual

2. Contingentadjective

   dependent on that which is undetermined or unknown; as, the success of his undertaking is contingent upon events which he can not control

3. Contingentadjective

   dependent for effect on something that may or may not occur; as, a contingent estate

4. Contingentnoun

   an event which may or may not happen; that which is unforeseen, undetermined, or dependent on something future; a contingency

5. Contingentnoun

   that which falls to one in a division or apportionment among a number; a suitable share; proportion; esp., a quota of troops

6. Etymology: [L. contingens, -entis, p. pr. of contingere to touch on all sides, to happen; con- + tangere to touch: cf. F. contingent. See Tangent, Tact.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Contingent

   kon-tin′jent, 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. [L. contingent-em—con, tangĕre, to touch.]

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. contingent

   The quota of armed men, or pecuniary subsidy, which one state gives to another. Also, certain allowances made to commanding officers to defray necessary expenses.

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. contingent

   This term is applied to the quota of troops furnished to the common army by each member of a confederation of states; the proportion of troops or money furnished by each party to an alliance.

2. contingent

   In the British service, the sum paid monthly to each captain of a troop, company, or battery, to defray the expense of stationery, the care of arms, and other minor demands. A contingent account is also the account, sent in by a staff-officer, of money expended for miscellaneous purposes.

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1. • Gathering

Anagrams for contingent »

1. contenting

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of contingent in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of contingent in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of contingent in a Sentence

1. Brian Kelly:

   We had an advanced party of 18 members of the incoming battalion arrive on Jan. 9 to begin preparations for delivery of contingent-owned equipment.

2. Alfred North Whitehead, N. Rose Mathematical Maxims and Minims, Raleigh NC:Rome Press Inc., 1988.:

   Let us grant that the pursuit of mathematics is a divine madness of the human spirit, a refuge from the goading urgency of contingent happenings.

3. Charles Baudelaire:

   Modernity is the transient, the fleeting, the contingent; it is one half of art, the other being the eternal and the immovable.

4. Vladimir Abramov:

   The Kaliningrad contingent is being heavily upgraded qualitatively, not quantitatively, our general staff understands the folly of a large deployment here.

5. Joe Montoya:

   There was a large presence because we had two groups with opposing views, and we know that can always get very tense, theres always potential for violence, we understand that. We had a large contingent there to try to watch the egress of one group, so that the other group wouldnt intermingle with them, so thats the reason for the large presence there.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=contingent
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Contingent
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=contingent
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/contingent
5. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=contingent
6. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=contingent
7. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html