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contingent
What does contingent mean?
contingent (noun): a gathering of persons representative of some larger group.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you pronounce contingent?
/kənˈtɪndʒənt/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does contingent come from?
From Middle English, from Old French contingent (whence con- and -ent).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “contingent” mean?
a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
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the aggregate of past events, both unrecorded and recorded
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information about current events disseminated by the media
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a gathering of persons representative of some larger group
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