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de⋅pend⋅ant

  [di-pen-duhnt]
Use dependant in a Sentence
–adjective, noun
dependent.
Related forms:
de⋅pend⋅ant⋅ly, adverb

de⋅pend⋅ent

  [di-pen-duhnt]
–adjective
1. relying on someone or something else for aid, support, etc.
2. conditioned or determined by something else; contingent: Our trip is dependent on the weather.
3. subordinate; subject: a dependent territory.
4. 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).
5. hanging down; pendent.
6. Mathematics.
a. (of a variable) having values determined by one or more independent variables.
b. (of an equation) having solutions that are identical to those of another equation or to those of a set of equations.
7. Statistics. (of an event or a value) not statistically independent.
–noun
8. a person who depends on or needs someone or something for aid, support, favor, etc.
9. 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.
10. Archaic. a subordinate part.
Also, dependant.

Origin:
1375–1425; late ME dependaunt. See depend, -ent

Related forms:
de⋅pend⋅ent⋅ly, adverb
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de·pen·dant   (dĭ-pěn'dənt)   
n.  Variant of dependent.
de·pen·dent   (dĭ-pěn'dənt)   
adj.  

  1. Contingent on another.

  2. Subordinate.

  3. Relying on or requiring the aid of another for support: dependent children.

  4. Hanging down.

n.  also de·pen·dant One who relies on another especially for financial support.
de·pen'dent·ly adv.
Synonyms: These adjectives mean determined or to be determined by something else: a water supply dependent on rainfall; conditional acceptance of the apology; assistance contingent on need; the importance of a discovery as relative to its usefulness; promotion subject to merit.
Antonym: independent
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: dependent
Function: noun
: a person who is dependent; especially : a close relative or member of a taxpayer's household who receives over half of his or her support from the taxpayer and is a U.S. citizen, national, or resident, or a resident of a bordering country (as Mexico) —see also dependency exemption at EXEMPTION
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 2dependent
Variant: also dependant
Function: noun
: one that is dependent (as on drugs or a person)
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

dependent de·pend·ent (dĭ-pěn'dənt)
adj.

  1. Contingent on or subordinate to another.

  2. Relying on or requiring the aid of another for support.

  3. Hanging down.

n.
One who relies on another especially for financial support.

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