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dependent
[ dih-pen-duhnt ]
adjective
- relying on someone or something else for aid, support, etc.
- conditioned or determined by something else; contingent:
Our trip is dependent on the weather.
- subordinate; subject:
a dependent territory.
- Grammar. not used in isolation; used only in connection with other forms. In I walked out when the bell rang, when the bell rang is a dependent clause. Compare independent ( def 14 ), main 1( def 4 ).
- hanging down; pendent.
- Mathematics.
- (of a variable) having values determined by one or more independent variables.
- (of an equation) having solutions that are identical to those of another equation or to those of a set of equations.
- Statistics. (of an event or a value) not statistically independent.
noun
- a person who depends on or needs someone or something for aid, support, favor, etc.
- a child, spouse, parent, or certain other relative to whom one contributes all or a major amount of necessary financial support:
She listed two dependents on her income-tax form.
- Archaic. a subordinate part.
dependent
/ dɪˈpɛndənt /
adjective
- depending on a person or thing for aid, support, life, etc
- postpositive; foll by on or upon influenced or conditioned (by); contingent (on)
- subordinate; subject
a dependent prince
- obsolete.hanging down
- maths
- (of a variable) having a value depending on that assumed by a related independent variable
- (of a linear equation) having every solution as a solution of one or more given linear equations
noun
- grammar an element in a phrase or clause that is not the governor
- a variant spelling (esp US) of dependant
Usage
Derived Forms
- deˈpendently, adverb
Other Words From
- de·pendent·ly de·pendant·ly adverb
- over·de·pendent adjective
- prede·pendent adjective
- quasi-de·pendent adjective
- quasi-de·pendent·ly adverb
- self-de·pendent adjective
- self-de·pendent·ly adverb
- semi·de·pendent adjective
- semi·de·pendent·ly adverb
- unde·pendent adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of dependent1
Example Sentences
The Wall Street Journal adds that they had considered making the sale of Chrome dependent on whether Google failed to comply with limits on its search business.
“So, like the Gulf depends on oil, and the Americans on business, our economy is dependent on the olive tree.”
Hospital pharmacists will typically make bespoke medicines for highly dependent patients with niche needs.
Beauty is not “dependent on the color of your eyes or the color of your hair or your cheekbones or your weight,” she says.
However, MRI interpretation is highly time-consuming and heavily dependent on expertise.
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