Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

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contingent

/kənˈtɪn.d͡ʒənt/ noun, adjective

Forms contingents

  1. noun An event which may or may not happen; that which is unforeseen, undetermined, or dependent on something in the future.
  2. noun That which falls to one in a division or apportionment among a number; a suitable share.
  3. noun (military) A quota of troops.
  4. adjective Possible or liable, but not certain, to occur.
  5. adjective (with upon or on) Dependent on something that is undetermined or unknown, that may or may not occur. “The success of his undertaking is contingent upon events which he cannot control.”
  6. adjective Not logically necessarily true or false.
  7. adjective Temporary. “contingent labor”

Synonyms

contingency chance eventuality possibility potentiality proportion incidental casual conditional conditioned qualified detail contingent on contingent upon dependent on dependant on dependent upon dependant upon depending on

Antonyms

certain inevitable necessary impossible noncontingent

Etymology

From Middle English, from Old French contingent (whence con- and -ent), from Medieval Latin contingens (“possible, contingent”), present participle of contingere (“to touch, meet, attain to, happen”), from com- (“together”) + tangere (“to touch”).

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Possible, or liable, but not certain, to occur; incidental; casual.
  2. adjective Dependent on that which is undetermined or unknown; as, the success of his undertaking is contingent upon events which he can not control. "Uncertain and contingent causes." Tillotson.
  3. noun An event which may or may not happen; that which is unforeseen, undetermined, or dependent on something future; a contingency.
  4. noun That which falls to one in a division or apportionment among a number; a suitable share; proportion; esp., a quota of troops.

Etymology [L. contingens, -entis, p.pr. of contingere to touch on all sides, to happen; con- + tangere to touch: cf. F. contingent. See Tangent, Tact.]

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “contingent”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details

Sanskrit

Sanskrit dictionary entries whose meaning includes “contingent” (best matches first).