Crossword clues for contingent
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Contingent \Con*tin"gent\, n.
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An event which may or may not happen; that which is unforeseen, undetermined, or dependent on something future; a contingency.
His understanding could almost pierce into future contingents.
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That which falls to one in a division or apportionment among a number; a suitable share; proportion; esp., a quota of troops.
From the Alps to the border of Flanders, contingents were required . . . 200,000 men were in arms.
--Milman.
Contingent \Con*tin"gent\, a. [L. contingens, -entis, p. pr. of contingere to touch on all sides, to happen; con- + tangere to touch: cf. F. contingent. See Tangent, Tact.]
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Possible, or liable, but not certain, to occur; incidental; casual.
Weighing so much actual crime against so much contingent advantage.
--Burke. Dependent on that which is undetermined or unknown; as, the success of his undertaking is contingent upon events which he can not control. ``Uncertain and contingent causes.''
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(Law) Dependent for effect on something that may or may not occur; as, a contingent estate.
If a contingent legacy be left to any one when he attains, or if he attains, the age of twenty-one.
--Blackstone.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 14c., from Old French contingent or directly from Latin contingentem (nominative contingens) "happening, touching," present participle of contingere "to touch" (see contact). The noun is from 1540s, "thing happening by chance;" as "a group forming part of a larger group" from 1727.
Wiktionary
a. 1 possible or liable, but not certain to occur; incidental; casual. 2 (''with'' '''upon''') dependent on something that is undetermined or unknown. 3 Dependent on something that may or may not occur. 4 Not logically necessarily true or false. n. 1 An event which may or may not happen; that which is unforeseen, undetermined, or dependent on something future; a contingency. 2 That which falls to one in a division or apportionment among a number; a suitable share; proportion. 3 (cx military English) A quota of troops.
WordNet
adj. possible but not certain to occur; "they had to plan for contingent expenses"
determined by conditions or circumstances not yet established; "arms sales contingent on the approval of congress" [syn: contingent on(p), dependent on(p), dependant on(p), depending on(p)]
uncertain because of uncontrollable circumstances; "the results of confession were not contingent, they were certain"- George Eliot
n. a gathering of persons representative of some larger group; "each nation sent a contingent of athletes to the Olympics"
a temporary military unit; "the peace-keeping force includes one British contingent" [syn: detail]
Wikipedia
Usage examples of "contingent".
Billy Ray and Joanne Jefferson, the two justice Department aces who head up our security contingent, are not delegates and thus are seated back in the second section.
Achilles, leader of the Myrmidons, one of the largest contingents of the Achaean army, summons the chieftains to an assembly.
Of this French contingent, Adams took an immediate liking to an army surgeon named Nicholas Noel, who spoke English and thought well enough of John Quincy to begin schooling him in French.
Lastly there was a very small contingent of extremists, Zwinglians and Anabaptists, all classed together as blasphemers and as social agitators.
NATO member and the Turks had been helpful on Afghanistan: Ankara approved within an hour the American request to fly over Turkish territory and had agreed to lead the small peacekeeping contingent in Kabul.
Anfa Antiqua, taking on fresh food and water and waiting for the small contingent of Afriquan mercenaries to get themselves, their gear, and their animals aboard the ships that would be joining the fleet.
There was a spate of recoveries whilst the fleet sat in the calm harbor of Anfa Antiqua, taking on fresh food and water and waiting for the small contingent of Afriquan mercenaries to get themselves, their gear, and their animals aboard the ships that would be joining the fleet.
Molecular autocatalytic feedback loops, basically, with contingent programming written into their reproductive protocols.
These contingents had been assembled by long railway journeys, conveyed across thousands of miles of ocean to Cape Town, brought round another two thousand or so to Beira, transferred by a narrow-gauge railway to Bamboo Creek, changed to a broader gauge to Marandellas, sent on in coaches for hundreds of miles to Bulawayo, transferred to trains for another four or five hundred miles to Ootsi, and had finally a forced march of a hundred miles, which brought them up a few hours before their presence was urgently needed upon the field.
Burhmund and Classicus had regrouped their scattered forces, minus a substantial contingent that Cerialis had trapped.
Thanks to a strong Deutschmark, a large contingent of well-to-do Germans had come ready to buy.
For this we held one armoured and three field divisions in readiness to embark at short notice from England, and a considerable air contingent.
Although Jews were prominent in the northern and western Democratic machines, there were several outspoken anti-Semites among the Dixiecratic contingent in Congress and Roosevelt would never think of separating from them.
He said that when he found out he was meeting a contingent of dogs, he figured I might be with them.
Fort Edward, David Jones sent a party of Indians, under Duluth, a half-breed, to escort his betrothed to the British camp, where they were to be married at once by Chaplain Brudenell, Lady Harriet Acland and Madame Riedesel, wife of General Riedesel, in command of the Brunswick contingent, having consented to be present at the wedding.