Synonyms of the word contingent


CONTINGENTASSEMBLAGE - CONDITIONAL - DETAIL - FORCE - GATHERING - POSSIBLE - UNCERTAIN

contingent

  • n. An event which may or may not happen; that which is unforeseen, undetermined, or dependent on something…
  • n. That which falls to one in a division or apportionment among a number; a suitable share; proportion.
  • n. (military) A quota of troops.
  • adj. Possible or liable, but not certain to occur; incidental; casual.
  • adj. (with upon) Dependent on something that is undetermined or unknown.
  • adj. Dependent on something that may or may not occur.
  • adj. Not logically necessarily true or false.

assemblage

  • n. The process of assembling or bringing together.
  • n. A collection of things which have been gathered together or assembled.
  • n. (art) A visual art form similar to collage, which combines two-dimensional and three-dimensional, often…

conditional

  • n. (grammar) A conditional sentence; a statement that depends on a condition being true or false.
  • n. (grammar) The conditional mood.
  • n. (logic) A statement that one sentence is true if another is.
  • n. (programming) An instruction that branches depending on the truth of a condition at that point.
  • n. (obsolete) A limitation.
  • adj. Limited by a condition.
  • adj. (logic) Stating that one sentence is true if another is.
  • adj. (grammar) Expressing a condition or supposition.

detail

  • n. (countable) Something small enough to escape casual notice.
  • n. (uncountable) A profusion of details.
  • n. Something considered trivial enough to ignore.
  • n. (countable) A person's name, address and other personal information.
  • n. (military) A temporary unit or assignment.
  • n. A part distinct from the whole.
  • n. A narrative which relates minute points; an account which dwells on particulars.
  • v. (transitive) to explain in detail.
  • v. (transitive) (US (?)) to clean carefully (particularly a car) ([ˈdi(ː)teɪɫ]).
  • v. (transitive, military) to assign to a particular task.

force

  • n. Strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigour; might; capacity of exercising an influence or…
  • n. Power exerted against will or consent; compulsory power; violence; coercion.
  • n. (countable) Anything that is able to make a big change in a person or thing.
  • n. (countable, physics) A physical quantity that denotes ability to push, pull, twist or accelerate a body…
  • n. Something or anything that has the power to produce an effect upon something else.
  • n. (countable) A group that aims to attack, control, or constrain.
  • n. (uncountable) The ability to attack, control, or constrain.
  • n. (countable) A magic trick in which the outcome is known to the magician beforehand, especially one involving…
  • n. (law) Legal validity.
  • n. (law) Either unlawful violence, as in a "forced entry", or lawful compulsion.
  • n. (linguistics, semantics, pragmatics) Ability of an utterance or its element (word, form, prosody, …) to…
  • n. (science fiction) A binding, metaphysical, and ubiquitous power in the fictional universe of the Star…
  • v. (transitive) To violate (a woman); to rape.
  • v. (obsolete, reflexive, intransitive) To exert oneself, to do one's utmost.
  • v. (transitive) To compel (someone or something) to do something.
  • v. (transitive) To constrain by force; to overcome the limitations or resistance of.
  • v. (transitive) To drive (something) by force, to propel (generally + prepositional phrase or adverb).
  • v. (transitive) To cause to occur (despite inertia, resistance etc.); to produce through force.
  • v. (transitive) To forcibly open (a door, lock etc.).
  • v. To obtain or win by strength; to take by violence or struggle; specifically, to capture by assault; to…
  • v. (transitive, baseball) To create an out by touching a base in advance of a runner who has no base to return…
  • v. (whist) To compel (an adversary or partner) to trump a trick by leading a suit that he/she does not hold.
  • v. (archaic) To put in force; to cause to be executed; to make binding; to enforce.
  • v. (archaic) To provide with forces; to reinforce; to strengthen by soldiers; to man; to garrison.
  • v. (obsolete) To allow the force of; to value; to care for.
  • n. (countable, Northern England) A waterfall or cascade.
  • v. To stuff; to lard; to farce.

gathering

  • n. A meeting or get-together; a party or social function.
  • n. A group of people or things.
  • n. (bookbinding) A section, a group of bifolios, or sheets of paper, stacked together and folded in half.
  • n. A charitable contribution; a collection.
  • n. (medicine) A tumor or boil suppurated or maturated; an abscess.
  • v. present participle of gather.

possible

  • adj. (usually not comparable) Able but not certain to happen; neither inevitable nor impossible.
  • adj. (comparable) Capable of being done or achieved; feasible.
  • adj. Being considered, e.g. for a position.
  • adj. Apparently valid, likely, plausible.
  • n. A possible one.
  • n. (colloquial, rare) A possible choice, notably someone being considered for a position.
  • n. (rare) A particular event that may happen.

uncertain

  • adj. Not certain; unsure.
  • adj. Not known for certain; questionable.
  • adj. Not yet determined; undecided.
  • adj. Variable and subject to change.
  • adj. Fitful or unsteady.
  • adj. Unpredictable or capricious.
  • n. (with "the") Something uncertain.

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