contingent
con
kən
kēn
tin
ˈtÉĒn
tin
gent
ʤənt
jēnt
/kəntˈÉĒnd‍ʒənt/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "contingent"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻĻāϞ, āĻ—ā§āϰ⧁āĻĒ

a group of people with a shared characteristic or purpose
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The company sent a contingent of senior managers to the international conference.
āϕ⧋āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋ āφāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻ°ā§āϜāĻžāϤāĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻŽā§āĻŽā§‡āϞāύ⧇ āϏāĻŋāύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāϰ āĻŽā§āϝāĻžāύ⧇āϜāĻžāϰāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĻāϞ āĻĒāĻžāĻ āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
02

āĻĻāϞ, āĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋāύ⧀

a group of military personnel sent to join a larger force
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The U.N. welcomed a contingent from several member nations.
āϜāĻžāϤāĻŋāϏāĻ‚āϘ āĻ•āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻĻāĻ¸ā§āϝ āĻĻ⧇āĻļ⧇āϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĻāϞāϕ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ—āϤ āϜāĻžāύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
01

āĻļāĻ°ā§āϤāĻžāϧ⧀āύ, āĻ…āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧā§€

temporary and dependent on specific conditions or circumstances
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The company offers contingent positions to meet seasonal demands.
āϕ⧋āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻ‹āϤ⧁āĻ—āϤ āϚāĻžāĻšāĻŋāĻĻāĻž āĻĒā§‚āϰāϪ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ…āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧā§€ āĻĒāĻĻāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻ…āĻĢāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
02

āĻļāĻ°ā§āϤāĻžāϧ⧀āύ, āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻ­āϰāĻļā§€āϞ

depending on certain conditions or factors, making something possible to occur but not certain
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
His attendance at the event was contingent on finishing his work on time.
āχāϭ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻŸā§‡ āϤāĻžāϰ āωāĻĒāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĻŋ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧāĻŽāϤ⧋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻļ⧇āώ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āωāĻĒāϰ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻ­āϰāĻļā§€āϞ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻ…āύāĻŋāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāϤ, āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻ­āϰāĻļā§€āϞ

true based on facts or circumstances, but not necessarily true in all situations or by logical necessity
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The weather being cold today is a contingent situation.
āφāϜ āφāĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻ āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻž āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āφāĻ•āĻ¸ā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻ• āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĻŋāĨ¤
LanGeek
āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ āĻĄāĻžāωāύāϞ⧋āĻĄ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ