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Antonyms for contingent
kənˈtɪn dʒəntcon·tin·gent

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  1. contingentadjective

    Antonyms:
    positive, absolute, independent, unmodified, unaffected, uncontrolled, irrespective

    Synonyms:
    dependent, incidental, resultant, co-emcient, hypothetical, uncertain, conditional

  2. contingentnoun

    Antonyms:
    army, sum, host, campaign, fund, capital

    Synonyms:
    contribution, subsidy, supply, succor, reinforcement, auxiliaries, donation, subscription

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  1. contingentnoun

    a gathering of persons representative of some larger group

    "each nation sent a contingent of athletes to the Olympics"

    Antonyms:
    certain, unconditional, unconditioned, sure, impossible

    Synonyms:
    detail

  2. contingent, detailadjective

    a temporary military unit

    "the peacekeeping force includes one British contingent"

    Antonyms:
    unconditioned, certain, sure, impossible, unconditional

    Synonyms:
    detail, particular, item, point

  3. contingentadjective

    possible but not certain to occur

    "they had to plan for contingent expenses"

    Antonyms:
    unconditional, unconditioned, certain, impossible, sure

    Synonyms:
    dependent upon(p), contingent upon(p), dependant upon(p), dependent on(p), dependant on(p), depending on(p), contingent on(p)

  4. contingent, contingent on(p), contingent upon(p), dependent on(p), dependant on(p), dependent upon(p), dependant upon(p), depending on(p)adjective

    determined by conditions or circumstances that follow

    "arms sales contingent on the approval of congress"

    Antonyms:
    certain, unconditioned, sure, unconditional, impossible

  5. contingentadjective

    uncertain because of uncontrollable circumstances

    "the results of confession were not contingent, they were certain"- George Eliot

    Antonyms:
    sure, unconditioned, impossible, certain, unconditional

    Synonyms:
    dependent upon(p), contingent upon(p), dependant upon(p), dependent on(p), dependant on(p), depending on(p), contingent on(p)

How to use contingent in a sentence?

  1. Alfred North Whitehead, N. Rose Mathematical Maxims and Minims, Raleigh NC:Rome Press Inc., 1988.:

    Let us grant that the pursuit of mathematics is a divine madness of the human spirit, a refuge from the goading urgency of contingent happenings.

  2. Vladimir Abramov:

    The Kaliningrad contingent is being heavily upgraded qualitatively, not quantitatively, our general staff understands the folly of a large deployment here.

  3. Mike Pompeo:

    The Doha agreement was plain. All U.S. commitments were contingent on the Taliban living up to the premises it signed off on in The Doha agreement, we had leadership figures sanctioned from Feb. 29, 2020 on, and we did n’t lift one sanction during our administration.

  4. Defence Minister Martin Stropnicky:

    There is a talk of a platoon, roughly 100 people, who would take part in the alliance's contingent, if the preparation of the (NATO) brigade goes according to plan, and I believe it will, then it is very likely in the second half (of this year).

  5. Charles Baudelaire:

    Modernity is the transient, the fleeting, the contingent; it is one half of art, the other being the eternal and the immovable.

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