contingent
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contingent
- /kənˈtɪn.d͡ʒənt/
Where it comes from
From Middle English, from Old French contingent (whence con- and -ent), from Medieval Latin contingens (“possible, contingent”), present participle of contingere (“to touch, meet, attain to, happen”), from com- (“together”) + tangere (“to touch”).
noun contingents
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An event which may or may not happen; that which is unforeseen, undetermined, or dependent on something in the future.
Similar: contingency, chance, contingent, eventuality, possibility, potentiality
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That which falls to one in a division or apportionment among a number; a suitable share.
Similar: proportion
- 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 Isi
adjective more contingent · most contingent
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Possible or liable, but not certain, to occur.
Similar: incidental, casual · Opposite: certain, inevitable, necessary, impossible
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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.
Similar: conditional, conditioned, contingent, qualified
- Not logically necessarily true or false.
- Temporary. contingent labor
Opposite: noncontingent
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: possible, conditional, detail, uncertain, contingent on, dependant on, dependent on, depending on, contingency, prospective, possibility, implicit, indirect, eventual, putative, provident
adjective
Opposite: noncontingent
Translations
Every language
noun that which falls to one in a division or apportionment among a number
| Español | contingente |
|---|---|
| Português | contingência |
| Deutsch | Anteil, Kontingent |
| Ελληνικά | ενδεχόμενο endechómeno |
| Русский | до́ля dólja, пай paj, кво́та kvóta, континге́нт kontingént |
noun a quota of troops
| Español | contingente |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Kontingent, Truppenkontingent |
| Italiano | contingente, scaglione, unità, reparto, quota |
| Русский | континге́нт kontingént |
adj possible, liable, incidental, casual
| Español | contingente |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 偶然の gūzen no |
| Português | contingente |
| Français | contingent, éventuel, hypothétique |
| Deutsch | möglich, kontingent, eventuell, etwaig |
| Italiano | contingente, casuale, transitorio, accidentale, fortuito |
| Русский | возмо́жный vozmóžnyj, случа́йный slučájnyj |
adj dependent on something unknown, that may or may not occur
| Español | supeditado a |
|---|---|
| Português | contingente |
| Deutsch | abhängig |
| العربية | مَشْرُوط mašrūṭ |
Talk about this word "contingent." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/contingent. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. contingent. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/contingent "contingent." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/contingent.Cite this
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title = {contingent},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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