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fluky
English
Adjective
fluky (comparative flukier or more fluky, superlative flukiest or most fluky)
- Alternative spelling of flukey
Related terms
- fluke
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contingent
English
Etymology
From Old French contingent, from Medieval Latin contingens (“possible, contingent”), present participle of contingere (“to touch, meet, attain to, happen”), from com- (“together”) + tangere (“to touch”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k?n?t?n.d??nt/
Noun
contingent (plural contingents)
- An event which may or may not happen; that which is unforeseen, undetermined, or dependent on something future.
- Synonym: contingency
- That which falls to one in a division or apportionment among a number; a suitable share.
- Synonym: proportion
- (military) A quota of troops.
- 2014, Ian Black, "Courts kept busy as Jordan works to crush support for Isis", The Guardian, 27 November 2014:
- Arrests and prosecutions intensified after Isis captured Mosul in June, but the groundwork had been laid by an earlier amendment to Jordan’s anti-terrorism law. It is estimated that 2,000 Jordanians have fought and 250 of them have died in Syria – making them the third largest Arab contingent in Isis after Saudi Arabians and Tunisians.
- 2014, Ian Black, "Courts kept busy as Jordan works to crush support for Isis", The Guardian, 27 November 2014:
Translations
Adjective
contingent (comparative more contingent, superlative most contingent)
- Possible or liable, but not certain to occur.
- Synonyms: incidental, casual
- Antonyms: certain, inevitable, necessary, impossible
- (with upon or on) Dependent on something that is undetermined or unknown.
- Synonyms: conditional; see also Thesaurus:conditional
- Dependent on something that may or may not occur.
- Not logically necessarily true or false.
- Temporary.
Translations
Derived terms
- contingentism
- contingentness
Related terms
- contact
- contingence
- contingency
- contingent claim
Further reading
- contingent in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- contingent in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- contingent at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- contenting
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin conting?ns.
Adjective
contingent (masculine and feminine plural contingents)
- contingent
Noun
contingent m (plural contingents)
- contingent
Related terms
- contingència
Further reading
- “contingent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “contingent” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “contingent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “contingent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French
Etymology
From Latin conting?ns.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k??.t??.???/
Adjective
contingent (feminine singular contingente, masculine plural contingents, feminine plural contingentes)
- contingent
Related terms
- contingence
Noun
contingent m (plural contingents)
- quota
- contingent
Further reading
- “contingent” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Latin
Verb
contingent
- third-person plural future active indicative of conting?
Romanian
Etymology
From French contingent, from Latin contingens.
Adjective
contingent m or n (feminine singular contingent?, masculine plural contingen?i, feminine and neuter plural contingente)
- contingent
Declension
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