adjective. Liable but not certain to occur; possible.

adjective. Dependent on other conditions or circumstances; conditional: synonym: dependent.

adjective. Happening by or subject to chance or accident; unpredictable: synonym: accidental.

adjective. True only under certain conditions; not necessarily or universally true.

noun. undefined

noun. A group or detachment, as of troops or police, assigned to aid a larger force.

noun. A representative group that is selected from or part of a larger group.

noun. An event or condition that is likely but not inevitable.

Not existing or occurring through necessity; due to chance or to a free agent; accidentally existing or true; hence, without a known or apparent cause or reason, or caused by something which would not in every case act; dependent upon the will of a human being, or other finite free agent.

Dependent upon a foreseen possibility; provisionally liable to exist, happen, or take effect in the future; conditional: as, a contingent remainder after the payment of debts; a journey contingent upon the receipt of advices; a contingent promise.

noun. An event dependent either upon accident or upon the will of a finite free agent; an event not determinable by any rule.

noun. That which falls to one in a division or apportionment among a number; a quota; specifically, the share or proportion of troops to be furnished by one of several contracting powers; the share actually furnished: as, the Turkish contingent in the Crimean war.

adjective. Possible, or liable, but not certain, to occur; incidental; casual.

adjective. Dependent on that which is undetermined or unknown.

adjective. Dependent for effect on something that may or may not occur.

noun. An event which may or may not happen; that which is unforeseen, undetermined, or dependent on something future; a contingency.

noun. That which falls to one in a division or apportionment among a number; a suitable share; proportion; esp., a quota of troops.

noun. An event which may or may not happen; that which is unforeseen, undetermined, or dependent on something future; a contingency.

noun. That which falls to one in a division or apportionment among a number; a suitable share; proportion;

noun. a quota of troops.

adjective. Possible or liable, but not certain to occur; incidental; casual.

adjective. Dependent on something that is undetermined or unknown.

adjective. Dependent on something that may or may not occur.

adjective. Not logically necessarily true or false.

noun. a gathering of persons representative of some larger group

adjective. determined by conditions or circumstances that follow

adjective. possible but not certain to occur

noun. a temporary military unit

adjective. uncertain because of uncontrollable circumstances

"Thus the soul is, on one side, linked to the unchangeable and the eternal, being formed of that ineffable element which constitutes the _real_ or _immutable Being_, and on the other side, linked to the sensible and the contingent, being formed of that element which is purely _relative_ and _contingent_."

conditional  contingent cause  contingent line  contingent matter  contingent remainder  

conditional  possible  uncertain  

contact  contingence  contingency  contingent claim  

contingentness  

assemblage  force  gathering  military force  military group  

astringent  stringent  

corps  delegation  detachment  embassy  escort  

accessory  accident  accidental  addendum  addition