Dictionary entry

Contingent

Pronunciation: /kənˈtɪndʒ(ə)nt/

Pronunciation

/kənˈtɪndʒ(ə)nt/

Myanmar Meaning

(adj) မသေချာသော။အကြောင်းအားလျော်စွာဖြစ်သော။တစ်စုံတစ်ရာဖြစ်ပေါ်မှုအပေါ်တွင်အမှီပြုနေသော။

Definition

contingent /kǝn'tÇndʒǝnt/ adj ~ on/upon sth ( fml ) (မေရမရာ အေျခအေနအေပၚ) အားထားေနရေသာ။ Our success is contingent upon your continued help. n [CGp] ၁။ (ႏိုင္ငံအမ်ားမွ ေဝပံုက်ပါဝင္ရေသာ)တပ္ဖြဲ႕။ a small British contingent in the UN peace-keeping force. ၂။ (အသင္းအဖြဲ႕၊ ႏိုင္ငံစသည္)ကိုယ္စားျပဳအဖြဲ႕။ A large contingent from Japan was present at the conference. ❍ There were the usual protests from the anti-abortion contingent.

Examples

  1. France has the largest peacekeeping contingent of any nation.
  2. Let’s welcome the Portuguese contingent.