contingent

/kən'tɪndʒənt/ adjectivenoun
10 letters3 syllables13 points in Scrabble®18 points in WWF®
DEFINITIONS5
ADJECTIVE
1

Being determined by conditions or circumstances that follow.

“arms sales contingent on the approval of congress”

2

Possible but not certain to occur.

“they had to plan for contingent expenses”

3

Uncertain because of uncontrollable circumstances.

“the results of confession were not contingent, they were certain”

NOUN
1

A temporary military unit.

“the peacekeeping force includes one British contingent”

2

A gathering of persons representative of some larger group.

“each nation sent a contingent of athletes to the Olympics”

WORD FORMS
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Triple word39 points
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Pig Latinontingentcay
Starts & ends withC … T
Syllablescon · tin · gent
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