ALL meanings of contingent
con·tin·gent
C c - countable noun contingent A contingent of police, soldiers, or military vehicles is a group of them. 3
- countable noun contingent A contingent is a group of people representing a country or organization at a meeting or other event. 3
- adjective contingent If something is contingent on something else, the first thing depends on the second in order to happen or exist. 3
- adjective contingent dependent on events, conditions, etc, not yet known; conditional 3
- adjective contingent (of a proposition) true under certain conditions, false under others; not necessary 3
- adjective contingent (in systemic grammar) denoting contingency (sense 4) 3
- adjective contingent (of some being) existing only as a matter of fact; not necessarily existing 3
- adjective contingent happening by chance or without known cause; accidental 3
- adjective contingent that may or may not happen; uncertain 3
- noun contingent a part of a military force, parade, etc 3
- noun contingent a representative group distinguished by common origin, interests, etc, that is part of a larger group or gathering 3
- noun contingent a possible or chance occurrence 3
- adjective contingent touching; tangential 3
- adjective contingent that may or may not happen; possible 3
- adjective contingent happening by chance; accidental; fortuitous 3
- adjective contingent unpredictable because dependent on chance 3
- adjective contingent dependent (on or upon something uncertain); conditional 3
- adjective contingent true only under certain conditions or in certain contexts; not always or necessarily true 3
- adjective contingent not subject to determinism; free 3
- noun contingent an accidental or chance happening 3
- noun contingent a share or quota, as of troops, laborers, delegates, etc. 3
- noun contingent a group forming part of a larger group 3
- noun contingent Subject to chance. 1
- adjective contingent dependent for existence, occurrence, character, etc., on something not yet certain; conditional (often followed by on or upon): Our plans are contingent on the weather. 1
- adjective contingent liable to happen or not; uncertain; possible: They had to plan for contingent expenses. 1
- adjective contingent happening by chance or without known cause; fortuitous; accidental: contingent occurrences. 1
- adjective contingent Logic. (of a proposition) neither logically necessary nor logically impossible, so that its truth or falsity can be established only by sensory observation. 1
- noun contingent a quota of troops furnished. 1
- noun contingent any one of the representative groups composing an assemblage: the New York contingent at a national convention. 1
- noun contingent the proportion that falls to one as a share to be contributed or furnished. 1
- noun contingent something contingent; contingency. 1
- adjective contingent for possibilities 1
- noun contingent military troops 1
- noun contingent group of people 1
- adjective contingent accidental 1
- noun contingent An event which may or may not happen; that which is unforeseen, undetermined, or dependent on something future; a contingency. 0
- noun contingent That which falls to one in a division or apportionment among a number; a suitable share; proportion. 0
- noun contingent (military) A quota of troops. 0
- adjective contingent Possible or liable, but not certain to occur; incidental; casual. 0
- adjective contingent (with upon) Dependent on something that is undetermined or unknown. 0
- adjective contingent Dependent on something that may or may not occur. 0
- adjective contingent Not logically necessarily true or false. 0