'Contingent' definitions:
Definition of 'contingent'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Possible but not certain to occur; "they had to plan for contingent expenses"
adjective
Determined by conditions or circumstances that follow; "arms sales contingent on the approval of congress" [syn: contingent, contingent on(p), contingent upon(p), dependent on(p), dependant on(p), dependent upon(p), dependant upon(p), depending on(p)]
adjective
Uncertain because of uncontrollable circumstances; "the results of confession were not contingent, they were certain"- George Eliot
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" [syn: contingent, detail]
Definition of 'Contingent'
From: GCIDE
- Contingent \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. [1913 Webster]
- Weighing so much actual crime against so much contingent advantage. --Burke. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Law) Dependent for effect on something that may or may not occur; as, a contingent estate. [1913 Webster]
- If a contingent legacy be left to any one when he attains, or if he attains, the age of twenty-one. --Blackstone. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Contingent'
From: GCIDE
- Contingent \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. [1913 Webster]
- His understanding could almost pierce into future contingents. --South. [1913 Webster]
- 2. That which falls to one in a division or apportionment among a number; a suitable share; proportion; esp., a quota of troops. [1913 Webster]
- From the Alps to the border of Flanders, contingents were required . . . 200,000 men were in arms. --Milman. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'contingent'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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,
- in-group,
- incidence,
- incident to,
- incidental,
- incidental to,
- indeterminate,
- indirect,
- inessential,
- 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,
- out-group,
- outfit,
- 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