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Contingent
Grammatical Information
animacy status
human
Composition
Compound
countable
plural form
contingents
Examples
A contingent of volunteers arrived early to help set up the event.
02
a group of military personnel sent to join a larger force
Examples
The small contingent arrived to reinforce the main army.
contingent
01
temporary and dependent on specific conditions or circumstances
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
relational
ungradable
Examples
Contingent workers are hired for short-term assignments.
02
depending on certain conditions or factors, making something possible to occur but not certain
Examples
The success of the project was contingent upon securing adequate funding.
03
true based on facts or circumstances, but not necessarily true in all situations or by logical necessity
Examples
That the sun rises in the east is a contingent fact.
