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| con·tin·gent [ kən tínjənt ] |
adjective |
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1. dependent on what may happen: dependent on or resulting from a future and as yet unknown event or circumstance
  Payment is contingent upon winning the case.
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2. possible but not certain: possible, but not certain to happen
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3. chance: happening by chance
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4. logic true only under certain conditions: true only under some conditions or under existing conditions, and therefore not universally true or valid
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noun (plural con·tin·gents) |
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1. group of people: a group of people representing a particular organization or belief, or from a particular region or country, and forming part of a larger group
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2. group of military personnel: a group of soldiers forming part of a larger force
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3.
Same as contingency (sense 1)
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| [14th century. < Latin contingent-, present participle of contingere (see contact)] |
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| con·tin·gent·ly adverb |
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