contingent

contingent is a 10-letter English word with 10 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Possible, or liable, but not certain, to occur; incidental; casual. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 18 · 10 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Possible, or liable, but not certain, to occur; incidental; casual.
2. adjective. Dependent on that which is undetermined or unknown; as, the success of his undertaking is contingent upon events which he can not control.
3. adjective. Dependent for effect on something that may or may not occur; as, a contingent estate.
4. noun. An event which may or may not happen; that which is unforeseen, undetermined, or dependent on something future; a contingency.
5. noun. That which falls to one in a division or apportionment among a number; a suitable share; proportion; esp., a quota of troops.
6. noun. a gathering of persons representative of some larger group

   "each nation sent a contingent of athletes to the Olympics"

7. noun. a temporary military unit

   "the peacekeeping force includes one British contingent"

   Synonyms: detail

8. adjective. uncertain because of uncontrollable circumstances- George Eliot

   "the results of confession were not contingent, they were certain"

9. adjective. determined by conditions or circumstances that follow

   "arms sales contingent on the approval of congress"

10. adjective. possible but not certain to occur

    "they had to plan for contingent expenses"

Synonyms

detail

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in contingent:

contenting

Common word forms

contingents, contingently, contingentness

Words from these letters

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