how to pronounce contingent

/kənˈtɪn.dʒənt/

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contingent is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of contingent in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… consortium the Irish contingent had some …”

meaning of contingent

Contingent means dependent on something else.

contingent frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word contingent occurs in english on average 7 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics contingent can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that contingent can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) communication, information, and media;