contingent
adjective
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L30826 on Wikidata ↗noun
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Pronunciation: /kənˈtɪn.d͡ʒənt/
adj
Etymology: 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”).
- Possible or liable, but not certain, to occur.
- 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.”
“a contingent estate”
- Not logically necessarily true or false.
- Temporary.
“contingent labor”
“contingent worker”
noun
Etymology: 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”).
- An event which may or may not happen; that which is unforeseen, undetermined, or dependent on something in the future.
- That which falls to one in a division or apportionment among a number; a suitable share.
- 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.”