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Word: contingent (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Adjective:

  • Dependent on something that may or may not occur.
  • Not logically necessarily true or false.
  • Possible or liable, but not certain to occur; incidental; casual.
  • (''with'' '''upon''') Dependent on something that is undetermined or unknown.

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Noun:

  • An event which may or may not happen; that which is unforeseen, undetermined, or dependent on something future; a contingency.
  • (military) a quota of troops.
  • That which falls to one in a division or apportionment among a number; a suitable share; proportion;

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