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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), main1 (def. 4).
5.
EXPANDhanging 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.
COLLAPSEStatistics. (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.
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Dependent
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Also, dependant.
Related forms
de·pend·ent·ly, adverb
o·ver·de·pend·ent, adjective
pre·de·pend·ent, adjective
qua·si-de·pend·ent, adjective
qua·si-de·pend·ent·ly, adverb
EXPANDself-de·pend·ent, adjective
self-de·pend·ent·ly, adverb
sem·i·de·pend·ent, adjective
sem·i·de·pend·ent·ly, adverb
un·de·pend·ent, adjective
COLLAPSE
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Example Sentences
- America's economy is still dangerously dependent on its financially overstretched consumers.
- The book's premise is that gods and humans are mutually dependent on one another and shaped by one another's ambitions and feuds.
- Q: My child is no longer a dependent on my tax return.
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World English Dictionary
| dependent or dependant (dɪˈpɛndənt) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | depending on a person or thing for aid, support, life, etc |
| 2. | (postpositive; |
| 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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Medical Dictionary
dependent de·pend·ent (dĭ-pěn'dənt)
adj.
Contingent on or subordinate to another.
Relying on or requiring the aid of another for support.
Hanging down.
One who relies on another especially for financial support.
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