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contingent

n. a gathering of persons representative of some larger group; "each nation sent a contingent of athletes to the Olympics"

contingent, detail

n. a temporary military unit; "the peacekeeping force includes one British contingent"

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contingent

adj. possible but not certain to occur; "they had to plan for contingent expenses"

contingent

adj. uncertain because of uncontrollable circumstances; "the results of confession were not contingent, they were certain"- George Eliot

contingent, contingent on(p), contingent upon(p), dependent on(p), dependant on(p), dependent upon(p), dependant upon(p), depending on(p)

adj. determined by conditions or circumstances that follow; "arms sales contingent on the approval of congress"

brigade

n. army unit smaller than a division

battalion

n. an army unit usually consisting of a headquarters and three or more companies

division

n. an army unit large enough to sustain combat; "two infantry divisions were held in reserve"

host, legion

n. archaic terms for army

regiment

n. army unit smaller than a division

squadron

n. a naval unit that is detached from the fleet for a particular task

detachment

n. a small unit of troops of special composition

unit, social unit

n. an organization regarded as part of a larger social group; "the coach said the offensive unit did a good job"; "after the battle the soldier had trouble rejoining his unit"

corps, army corps

n. an army unit usually consisting of two or more divisions and their support

crew

n. the men and women who man a vehicle (ship, aircraft, etc.)

squad

n. a smallest army unit

side

n. one of two or more contesting groups; "the Confederate side was prepared to attack"

section

n. a small army unit usually having a special function

party, political party

n. an organization to gain political power; "in 1992 Perot tried to organize a third party at the national level"

group, grouping

n. any number of entities (members) considered as a unit

bloc, axis

n. a group of countries in special alliance

set

n. the descent of a heavenly body below the horizon; "before the set of sun"

band

n. a range of frequencies between two limits

military junta, junta

n. a group of military officers who rule a country after seizing power

complement, full complement

n. number needed to make up a whole force; "a full complement of workers"

likely

adj. has a good chance of being the case or of coming about; "these services are likely to be available to us all before long"; "she is likely to forget"; "a likely place for a restaurant"; "the broken limb is likely to fall"; "rain is likely"; "a likely topic for investigation"; "likely candidates for the job"

potential, possible

adj. existing in possibility; "a potential problem"; "possible uses of nuclear power"

accomplishable, achievable, doable, manageable, realizable

adj. capable of existing or taking place or proving true; possible to do

affirmable, assertable

adj. capable of being affirmed or asserted; "a quality affirmable of every member of the family"

allegeable

adj. capable of being alleged or asserted to be true

attainable, come-at-able

adj. capable of being attained or accomplished; "choose an attainable goal"; "art is not something that is come-at-able by dint of study"

attemptable

adj. capable of being attempted

conceivable

adj. within the bounds of what may be conceived within the framework of nature; "a cure is still conceivable"

feasible, executable, practicable, viable, workable

adj. capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances as they are

mathematical

adj. statistically possible though highly improbable; "have a mathematical chance of making the playoffs"

researchable

adj. capable of being studied carefully and thoroughly and in detail

chancy, fluky, flukey, iffy

adj. subject to accident or chance or change; "a chancy appeal at best"; "getting that job was definitely fluky"; "a fluky wind"; "an iffy proposition"

counterfactual, contrary to fact

adj. going counter to the facts (usually as a hypothesis)

dependent, dependant, qualified

adj. contingent on something else

probationary, provisional, provisionary, tentative

adj. under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon; "probationary employees"; "a provisional government"; "just a tentative schedule"

provisory

adj. subject to a proviso; "a provisory clause"

certain, sure

adj. certain to occur; destined or inevitable; "he was certain to fail"; "his fate is certain"; "In this life nothing is certain but death and taxes"- Benjamin Franklin; "he faced certain death"; "sudden but sure regret"; "he is sure to win"

unconditional, unconditioned

adj. not conditional; "unconditional surrender"

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