contingent

Meaning

Noun

1. An event which may or may not happen; that which is unforeseen, undetermined, or dependent on something in the future.
2. That which falls to one in a division or apportionment among a number; a suitable share.
3. A quota of troops.

Adj

1. Possible or liable, but not certain, to occur.
2. Dependent on something that is undetermined or unknown, that may or may not occur.
3. Not logically necessarily true or false.
4. Temporary.

Opposite of

certain, inevitable, necessary, impossible

Synonyms

possible

accidental

chance

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casual

fortuitous

dependent

potential

incidental

random

contingent on

dependent upon

contingent upon

dependant upon

coincidental

detail

division

eventual

section

department

dependant on

dependent on

occasional

depending on

likely

probable

iffy

irregular

manageable

maybe

nodding

pendant

pendent

pendulous

perhaps

pit

platoon

possibility

practicable

precinct

presumable

presumptive

prospective

provisional

quotas

retained

scratch

segment

side

special

squad

Translations

contingente

contingent

contingente

éventuel

contingente

contingent

Kontingent

eventuell

contingent

eventual

gebeurlijk

eventual

möglich

eventual

eventueel

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kənˈtɪn.d͡ʒənt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: -

In summary

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”).