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

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

adv. "Go ahead"

adj. in operation or operational; "left the oven on"; "the switch is in the on position"

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

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

adj. stored in, controlled by, or in direct communication with a central computer

adj. determined by conditions or circumstances not yet established; "arms sales contingent on the approval of congress"

n. army unit smaller than a division

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

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

n. archaic terms for army

n. army unit smaller than a division

n. an air force unit larger than a flight and smaller than a group

n. a small unit of troops of special composition

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"

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

n. the men who man a ship or aircraft

n. a smallest army unit

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

n. a small army unit usually having a special function

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

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

n. a group of countries in special alliance

n. (mathematics) an abstract collection of numbers or symbols; "the set of prime numbers is infinite"

n. an unofficial association of people or groups; "the smart set goes there"; "they were an angry lot"

n. a clique (often secret) that seeks power usually through intrigue

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

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"

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

adv. "He faced forward"

adv. "from that time forth"

adv. "He is way ahead"

adv. toward the outside; "move the needle further outward!"

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"

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

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

adj. capable of being alleged or asserted to be true

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

adj. capable of being attempted

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

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

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

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

adj. stored in, controlled by, or in direct communication with a central computer

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

adj. contingent on something else

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

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

adj. not in operation or operational; "the oven is off"; "the lights are off"

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"

adj. not conditional; "unconditional surrender"

adv. "Lean back"