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Showing words for CONTINGENT using the English dictionary

10 Letter Words for Contingent

contenting, contingent

9 Letter Words for Contingent

continent

8 Letter Words for Contingent

incogent, innocent, tenoning

7 Letter Words for Contingent

conning, content, ecgonin, entonic, entotic, netting, nonetti, tentigo, tenting, tention, tingent, tonetic, tontine

6 Letter Words for Contingent

centon, cogent, coigne, conine, coning, conite, connie, contin, coting, ennoic, enoint, genion, geotic, ginnet, goetic, gotten, ignote, incent, ingent, inogen, intent, intone, necton, nitent, nocent, noetic, nonent, notice, noting, octine, onning, tiento, tignon, tinnen, tinnet, toeing, toning, tonite, toting

5 Letter Words for Contingent

ceint, centi, cento, cetin, cogie, cogit, coign, coing, conge, conin, conne, conte, contg, cotte, engin, ettin, genic, genin, genio, genit, gonne, incog, ingot, innet, inone, ninon, niton, noint, nonce, nonet, nonic, octet, oenin, oncet, oncin, ontic, tecon, tenio, tenno, tenon, tigon, tinct, tinge, tonic, tonne

4 Letter Words for Contingent

cent, ceti, cine, cion, cite, cito, coin, coit, cone, cong, coni, conn, cont, cote, cott, ctge, econ, ecto, ento, etic, eton, geic, gein, geit, gent, gien, ginn, gite, goen, gone, gote, icon, ingo, inne, into, nein, neon, neti, nice, nine, niog, nito, none, nong, note, nott, oeci, oint, once, otic, teng, tent, tice, tien, tige, tinc, tine, ting, tint, tite, toge, togt, toit, tone, tong, tonn, tote

3 Letter Words for Contingent

cen, ceo, cie, cig, cit, cog, con, cot, cte, ctg, ctn, cto, ecg, eco, ect, ego, enc, eng, eon, etc, gen, geo, get, gie, gin, gio, git, goi, gon, got, gtc, gte, gtt, ice, ign, inc, ing, inn, int, ion, nco, neg, nei, neo, net, nie, nig, nit, nne, nog, non, not, oct, oie, one, oni, ont, otc, tec, teg, ten, tet, tgn, tgt, tic, tie, tig, tin, tit, tng, tnt, toc, toe, tog, toi, ton, tot

Definitions for Contingent

[1] dependent for existence, occurrence, character, etc., on something not yet certain; conditional (often followed by on or upon ): Our plans are contingent on the weather.
[2] liable to happen or not; uncertain; possible: They had to plan for contingent expenses.
[3] happening by chance or without known cause; fortuitous; accidental: contingent occurrences.
[4] Logic . (of a proposition) neither logically necessary nor logically impossible, so that its truth or falsity can be established only by sensory observation.
[5] a quota of troops furnished.
[6] any one of the representative groups composing an assemblage: the New York contingent at a national convention.
[7] the proportion that falls to one as a share to be contributed or furnished.
[8] something contingent; contingency.
[9] (when postpositive, often foll by on or upon ) dependent on events, conditions, etc, not yet known; conditional
[10] logic (of a proposition) true under certain conditions, false under others; not necessary
[11] (in systemic grammar) denoting contingency (sense 4)
[12] metaphysics (of some being) existing only as a matter of fact; not necessarily existing
[13] happening by chance or without known cause; accidental
[14] that may or may not happen; uncertain
[15] a part of a military force, parade, etc
[16] a representative group distinguished by common origin, interests, etc, that is part of a larger group or gathering
[17] a possible or chance occurrence

Words related to Contingent

unforeseen, detachment, batch, dependent, chance, incidental, probable, accidental, body, set, section, mission, quota, sect, deputation, bunch, disciples, casual, fluky, fortuitous

Words nearby Contingent

contingency fund, contingency plan, contingency reserve, contingency table, contingency tax, contingent, contingent beneficiary, contingent fee, contingent liability, contingent worker, continual

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- + ting-, variant stem of tangere to touch + -ent- -ent

Other words from Contingent

con·tin·gent·ly , adverb
non·con·tin·gent , adjective
non·con·tin·gent·ly , adverb
un·con·tin·gent , adjective
un·con·tin·gent·ly , adverb

Word origin for Contingent

C14: from Latin contingere to touch, fall to one's lot, befall; see also contact

Synonyms for Contingent

unforeseen, accidental, chance, dependent, incidental, probable, casual, controlled by, fluky, fortuitous, haphazard, likely, odd, probably, random, subject to, unanticipated, uncertain, unexpected, unforeseeable, unpredictable