contingents
Meaning of contingents
- a group of people sharing a common feature, forming part of a larger group.
a contingent of Japanese businessmen attending a conference
late Middle English (in the sense ‘of uncertain occurrence’): from Latin contingere ‘befall’, from con- ‘together with’ + tangere ‘to touch’. The noun sense was originally ‘something happening by chance’, then ‘a person's share resulting from a division, a quota’; the current sense dates from the early 18th century.
Information about contingents
- It is a name.
- The singular form of contingents is: contingent.
- Languages in which contingents is used:
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CatalanHyphenation of contingents
con-tin-gents
- It consists of 3 syllables and 11 chars.
- contingents is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
contingents synonyms
Meaning a number of people or things that are located, gathered, or classed together:
Meaning a group of people taking part in a particular activity or trip:
Meaning an organized group of people with a common purpose or function:
Meaning a flat, thin strip or loop of material, used as a fastener, for reinforcement, or as decoration:
Meaning put, lay, or stand (something) in a specified place or position:
Meaning a group of people appointed to undertake a mission or take part in a formal process on behalf of a larger group:
Meaning a body of delegates or representatives; a deputation:
Meaning an important assignment given to a person or group of people, typically involving travel abroad:
Meaning a group of troops, aircraft, or ships sent away on a separate mission:
Meaning a subdivision of a larger military grouping:
Meaning the action of separating something into parts or the process of being separated:
Meaning an operational unit in an air force consisting of two or more flights of aircraft and the personnel required to fly them:
Meaning any of the more or less distinct parts into which something is or may be divided or from which it is made up:
Meaning a commercial business:
Meaning a body of people engaged in a particular activity:
Meaning an ancient Roman military unit, comprising six centuries, equal to one tenth of a legion:
Meaning a number of things, typically of the same kind, growing or fastened together:
Meaning an organized group of criminals:
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