Contingent is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for CONTINGENT in dictionary:

NOUN:
• something contingent
• a group of people sharing a common feature, forming part of a larger group
• a body of troops or police sent to join a larger force
• An event which may or may not happen; that which is unforeseen, undetermined, or dependent on something future; a contingency.
• That which falls to one in a division or apportionment among a number; a suitable share; proportion; esp., a quota of troops.
• a gathering of persons representative of some larger group
• a temporary military unit
ADJECTIVE:
• touching, dependent
• subject to chance
• (of losses, liabilities, etc.) that can be anticipated to arise if a particular event occurs.
• true by virtue of the way things in fact are and not by logical necessity
• occurring or existing only if (certain circumstances) are the case; dependent on
• Possible, or liable, but not certain, to occur; incidental; casual.
• Dependent on that which is undetermined or unknown; as, the success of his undertaking is contingent upon events which he can not control.
• Dependent for effect on something that may or may not occur; as, a contingent estate.
• possible but not certain to occur
• determined by conditions or circumstances that follow
• uncertain because of uncontrollable circumstances
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• likely but not certain to happen; possible

Words related to CONTINGENT

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Words that contain CONTINGENT

contingents14 contingently18 noncontingent16

How to use CONTINGENT in a sentence

• Messana was directly admitted to the confederacy of the -togati-, and, like the Greek cities in Italy, furnished its contingent to the Roman fleet.
• In the meantime the cold became so intense that the British contingent, being only B1 men, had to drop out.
• He was transferred to my contingent by order of Gen.
• For, as fame is but the contingent of excellence, it would be like an attempt to project a shadow, before its substance was obtained.
• Whitelaw resolved to make his bequest contingent upon the fulfilment of this desire.
• Even now, the intention to go to Tetuan, advisable as the step was, was contingent upon the opportunity offering of reaching a position whence he could move with facility.
• It is, in itself, a testimony that beareth witness to the existence of a world that is contingent, as well as to the reality of a world that hath neither beginning nor end.
• Nazaire that day some representative black Americans, who had also landed in that historical first contingent.
• Another contingent, afoot and with lanterns, followed more slowly, going over the ground for indications.
• He had an objective, and this objective was contingent upon making money.
• The feminine contingent went to bed, but not to sleep.
• The valor and heroism of the Afro-American contingent were second to none according to the unanimous testimony of those who were in command of this high enterprise.
• How dreadfully they suffered in their route may be inferred from the fact, that of 6,000 men which comprised the contingent of Shah Soojah, only 1,500 escaped.
• For example, imagine that the contingent world resembles in a general way the body of man.
• The latter contingent was detailed to reinforce Isle aux Noix, while the remainder of the force proceeded on to St.
• The contingent was going through a rough experience, and to most of us Salisbury Plain was becoming a nightmare.
• Venice had added its fleet, and the Papal States had sent a strong contingent of ships.
• During this second week we heard nothing from Blackwell or from any of the Lawrenceburg contingent.
• There are some precedents which might favor such a contingent provision, though the practice is dangerous, and ought not to be followed except in cases of clear necessity.
• I knew the motive of the hunt well enough to know that the moment we had an ample start it would be abandoned, and the Las Palomas contingent would return to the ranch.
• But both the one and the other deal with contingent matters only.
• The boys waited for what seemed hours to them, and the very moment they would move, along would come another contingent of some sort.
• The chief contingent of 8000 men, under General Burgoyne, seems to have strayed from its route and to have been in need of food.
• One contingent crossed the Pecos at an Indian trail about twenty-five miles below Horsehead, another still below, while the third continued on down the left bank of the river.
• This latter contingent cost me five dollars a head, but my boys knew the brand well enough to know that they would run forty per cent steer cattle.
• The final contingent came in from Wise County and were shaped up, and the last herd of cows, completing ten thousand five hundred, started for the Washita agency.
• The Western contingent returned home with some misgivings as to the future.
• Manly was reported at the rear, the two having intercepted a contingent of cattle approaching the line, and was then drifting the stragglers back to the valley.
• Cresswell was giving large and brilliant parties to the whole Southern contingent, Mrs.
• By order-in-council Canada authorized the sending of a contingent.

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