English Dictionary

contingent

/kənˈtɪn.d͡ʒənt/

noun

An event which may or may not happen; that which is unforeseen, undetermined, or dependent on something future. / That which falls to one in a division or apportionment among a number; a suitable share.

The success of the project is contingent on securing funding.

意味（1）

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

意味（2）

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

意味（3）

(military) A quota of troops.

Arrests and prosecutions intensified after Isis captured Mosul in June, but the groundwork had been laid by an earlier amendment to Jordan’s anti-terrorism law. It is estimated that 2,000 Jordanians have fought and 250 of them have died in Syria – making them the third largest Arab contingent in Isis after Saudi Arabians and Tunisians.