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contingent

/kənˈtɪn.dʒənt/

Translations

contingentnoun

contingents

/kənˈtɪndʒənt/

A contingent of students from the university attended the conference.

Un contingent d’étudiants de l’université a assisté à la conférence.

Synonyms

contingent group

contingentadjective

more contingent

Comp.

most contingent

Super.

/kənˈtɪn.dʒənt/

contingentPhilosophie et logique.

That is a contingent fact, not a necessary truth.

C’est un fait contingent, et non une vérité nécessaire.

Additional translations

fortuitIdée de hasard ou de caractère accidentel.

tributaireS’emploie surtout avec « de » pour exprimer la dépendance à des conditions ou circonstances.

Synonyms

subject to

contingentnoun

A group of people united by some common feature, forming part of a larger group.

A contingent of students from the university attended the conference.

contingentadjective

Dependent on certain conditions or circumstances; not certain to occur.

The success of the project is contingent upon securing adequate funding.

Subject to chance; possible but not certain; accidental.

Human existence is contingent, influenced by unpredictable events.

In philosophy and logic, neither necessary nor impossible; true in some but not all possible circumstances.

That the coin landed heads is a contingent fact, not a logical necessity.