Contingent

//kənˈtɪn.d͡ʒənt// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Possible or liable, but not certain, to occur.
  2. 2
    Dependent on something that is undetermined or unknown, that may or may not occur.

    "The success of his undertaking is contingent upon events which he cannot control."

  3. 3
    Not logically necessarily true or false.
  4. 4
    Temporary.

    "contingent labor"

Adjective
  1. 1
    uncertain because of uncontrollable circumstances wordnet
  2. 2
    being determined by conditions or circumstances that follow wordnet
  3. 3
    possible but not certain to occur wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    An event which may or may not happen; that which is unforeseen, undetermined, or dependent on something in the future.
  2. 2
    a gathering of persons representative of some larger group wordnet
  3. 3
    That which falls to one in a division or apportionment among a number; a suitable share.
  4. 4
    a temporary military unit wordnet
  5. 5
    A quota of troops.

    "Arrests and prosecutions intensified after Isis captured Mosul in June, but the groundwork had been laid by an earlier amendment to Jordan’s anti-terrorism law. It is estimated that 2,000 Jordanians have fought and 250 of them have died in Syria – making them the third largest Arab contingent in Isis after Saudi Arabians and Tunisians."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English, from Old French contingent, from Medieval Latin contingens (“possible, contingent”), present participle of contingere (“to touch, meet, attain to, happen”), from com- (“together”) + tangere (“to touch”).

Etymology 2

From Middle English, from Old French contingent, from Medieval Latin contingens (“possible, contingent”), present participle of contingere (“to touch, meet, attain to, happen”), from com- (“together”) + tangere (“to touch”).

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