contingent
Etymology
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Etymology
From Middle English, from Old French contingent, from Medieval Latin contingens, present participle of contingere, from com- ("together") + tangere.
Pronunciation- IPA: /kənˈtɪn.d͡ʒənt/
contingent (plural contingents)
- An event which may or may not happen; that which is unforeseen, undetermined, or dependent on something future.
- Synonyms: contingency
- That which falls to one in a division or apportionment among a number; a suitable share.
- Synonyms: proportion
- (military) A quota of troops.
- German: Anteil, Kontingent
- Portuguese: contingência
- Russian: до́ля
- Spanish: contingente
- German: Kontingent, Truppenkontingent
- Italian: contingente, scaglione, unità, reparto, quota
- Spanish: contingente
contingent
- Possible or liable, but not certain to occur.
- Synonyms: incidental, casual
- Antonyms: certain, inevitable, necessary, impossible
(with upon or on) Dependent on something that is undetermined or unknown, that may or may not occur. - Synonyms: conditional, Thesaurus:conditional
- The success of his undertaking is contingent upon events which he cannot control.
- a contingent estate
- 1989, Thurgood Marshall, “Dissenting Opinion”, in Watkins v. Murray[S%3AWatkins+v.+Murray%2FDissent+Marshall]:
- The imposition of the death penalty should not be contingent on a particular jury's unguided understanding of a legal term of art.
- Not logically necessarily true or false.
- Temporary.
- contingent labor
- contingent worker
- French: contingent, éventuel, hypothétique
- German: möglich, kontingent
- Italian: contingente, casuale, transitorio, accidentale, fortuito
- Portuguese: contingente
- Russian: возмо́жный
- Spanish: contingente
- Portuguese: contingente
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