[responsivevoice]contingent [/responsivevoice] [ kuh n-tin-juh nt ]
The word of the day is ‘contingent’.
The word is an adjective, i.e., it adds more information about the noun or sentence and the word is a noun, i.e., it is the main subject of a sentence.
No, the word is an adjective and a noun. Therefore, it does not have a past form.
It means:
1. Conditional
2. Subject to chance
3. Group of followers
4. Forming part of a larger group.
1. He paid a contingent fee and was listed as one of the competitors.
2. The contingent numbered sixteen Europeans, and about 350 natives.
3. A contingent of Japanese businessmen attending a conference.
4. His fees were contingent on the success of his search.
5. In recent years preceding, the annual contingent had been about 430,000.
Some synonyms of today’s word are:
unforeseen, accidental, chance, dependent, incidental, probable, casual, controlled by, fluky, fortuitous, haphazard, likely, odd, probably, random, subject to, unanticipated, uncertain, unexpected, unforeseeable, unpredictable, possible, unlooked-for, group, party, band, deputation, delegation, mission, detachment, unit, division, squadron, section, company, corps, cohort, bunch, gang, batch, disciples, quota, sect, etc.
predictable, designed, essential, planned, certain, definite, real, truthful, unconditional, individual, one
Quotation:
Modernity is the transitory, the fugitive, the contingent, which make up one half of art, the other being the eternal and the immutable. This transitory fugitive element, which is constantly changing, must not be despised or neglected.
Charles Baudelaire
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