contingent
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Definitions ofcontingent
- An event which may or may not happen; that which is unforeseen, undetermined, or dependent on something future.
Synonyms: contingency
- That which falls to one in a division or apportionment among a number; a suitable share.
Synonyms: proportion
- A quota of troops.
- Possible or liable, but not certain to occur.
Synonyms: casual, incidental
- (with upon or on) Dependent on something that is undetermined or unknown.
Synonyms: conditional
Example: "The success of his undertaking is contingent upon events which he cannot control."
- Dependent on something that may or may not occur.
Example: "a contingent estate"
- Not logically necessarily true or false.
- Temporary.
Example: "contingent labor"
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