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Dependant

[dih-pen-duhnt]

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adjective, noun

dependent.

Related forms

de·pend·ant·ly, adverb

Can be confused: dependant, dependent.

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Example Sentences

It also makes universities wholly dependant on the economic fortunes of the state and the whims of politicians for funding.

Their presence reduces the amount of travel-to-work and broadens the local economy, making it less dependant on agriculture.

In the wild, pandas are totally dependant on their mothers for the first few months of their lives.

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It also makes universities wholly dependant on the economic fortunes of the state and the whims of politicians for funding.

Their presence reduces the amount of travel-to-work and broadens the local economy, making it less dependant on agriculture.

In the wild, pandas are totally dependant on their mothers for the first few months of their lives.

Yet, it will be so expensive crippling world ecnomies which are dependant upon them.

Recognition of how dependant our future is on a stable society…it doesn't happen without our concerted efforts.

The ethic makeup of the contractor's workforce is dependant on the available labor pool.

Not to much dependant on current technology and way of life.

The existence of anything is not dependant upon our ability to detect it eg.

Cuba has always been dependant on one country or another.

The size would change each flight dependant on the number paying.

The antenna is frequency dependant, not mode dependant.

Rank is dependant upon qualifications and experience.

Giving people things does nothing but make them more dependant.

Part of speech is dependant on function within the sentence, not the other way around.

The more dependant your economy is on the government at that time, the more sensitive it is to this.

Therefore regognition is dependant upon the specific level of detail.

Fuel economy numbers are dependant on how customers drive them, and how long there commutes are.

Likewise, the surrounding cells are dependant on the heterocyst for the provision of nitrogen.

Forced off their land, they will be completely dependant on food aid.

But imagine this, bond holders receiving their full interest payments and those dependant on social security dont.

The farmers are dependant on this money to feed their families and survive.

In our model of capitalism economic growth is dependant on the formation of new debt.

We should not be solely dependant upon doctors for information.

The goal is not to avoid dying for life is dependant upon death.

The sinker is a feel pitch heavily dependant on angles and action.

They're coasting: dependant upon the public's presumption of their innocence.

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World English Dictionary

dependant (dɪˈpɛndənt)

—n
	a person who depends on another person, organization, etc, for support, aid, or sustenance, esp financial support

dependent or dependant (dɪˈpɛndənt)

—*adj*
1.	depending on a person or thing for aid, support, life, etc
2.	(postpositive; foll by on or upon) influenced or conditioned (by); contingent (on)
3.	subordinate; subject: a dependent prince
4.	obsolete hanging down
5.	maths
	a. (of a variable) having a value depending on that assumed by a related independent variable
	b. (of a linear equation) having every solution as a solution of one or more given linear equations

—n
6.	grammar an element in a phrase or clause that is not the governor
7.	a variant spelling (esp US) of dependant



dependant or dependant

—*adj*

—n



de'pendently or dependant

—*adv*

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Word Origin & History

dependant

also dependent, early 15c. (adj.); of persons, from 1580s, from Fr. dépendant (adj. and noun), properly prp. of dépendre "to hang down," also "to depend," from L. dependentem (see depend). As with its relative dependence, the

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Latin-influenced variant (in this case dependent) co-existed through 18c., but with this word the French spelling has proven more durable in English, possibly because it has been found convenient to keep both, one (dependant) for the noun, the other (dependent) for the adjective.

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