noun, adjective
noun [C+sing./pl.v.]
1 a group of people at a meeting or an event who have sth in common, especially the place they come from, that is not shared by other people at the event:
The largest contingent was from the United States. * A strong contingent of local residents were there to block the proposal.
2 a group of soldiers that are part of a larger force:
the French contingent in the UN peacekeeping force
adjective ~ (on / upon sth) (formal) dependent on sth that may or may not happen:
Any further payments are contingent upon satisfactory completion dates.
contingently adverb
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
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This entry for contingent is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
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