Definitions for contingent

contingent con·tin·gent

Spelling: [kuh n-tin-juh nt]
IPA: /kənˈtɪn dʒənt/

Contingent is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 231 anagrams from letters in contingent (ceginnnott).

Definitions for contingent

noun

  1. a quota of troops furnished.
  2. any one of the representative groups composing an assemblage:
  3. the proportion that falls to one as a share to be contributed or furnished.
  4. something contingent; contingency.

adjective

  1. dependent for existence, occurrence, character, etc., on something not yet certain; conditional (often followed by on or upon):
  2. liable to happen or not; uncertain; possible:
  3. happening by chance or without known cause; fortuitous; accidental:
  4. Logic. (of a proposition) neither logically necessary nor logically impossible, so that its truth or falsity can be established only by sensory observation.

Origin of contingent

1350-1400; late Middle English (present participle) (Middle French) Latin contingent- (stem of contingēns, present participle of contingere), equivalent to con- con- +

Examples for contingent

Was crowned in Westminster Abbey, but without the American contingent.

Its future on the Great White Way is contingent on the Times review.

A notably large Irish contingent took part in the infamous draft riots because they did not want to compete for jobs with blacks.

The contingent numbered sixteen Europeans, and about 350 natives.

Former Texas governor Ann Richards was a big fan of the Texas Rangers, a contingent of which was her protective detail.

Characters in The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P. are “The contingent Man and Woman.”

In recent years preceding, the annual contingent had been about 430,000.

The 58th Ohio, (German,) also contained a Cleveland contingent.

He paid a contingent fee and was listed as one of the competitors.

The victims were friends of his, as the Mexican and Russian contingent in the shop had grown close.

Word Value for contingent
Scrable

13

Words with friends

18

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