Hyphenation of CONTINGENT

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word CONTINGENT? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

CON-TIN-GENT

Definitions of CONTINGENT:

1.	A gathering of persons representative of some larger group Each nation sent a contingent of athletes to the Olympics
2.	A temporary military unit The peacekeeping force includes one British contingent
3.	Possible but not certain to occur They had to plan for contingent expenses
4.	Determined by conditions or circumstances that follow Arms sales contingent on the approval of congress
5.	Uncertain because of uncontrollable circumstances The results of confession were not contingent
6.	They were certain- George Eliot

Synonyms of CONTINGENT:

adj	possible
adj	contingent on, dependent on, dependant on, depending on, conditional
adj	uncertain
noun	gathering, assemblage
noun	detail, military unit, military force, military group, force

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.