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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.
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
/ ɪˈɛԻəԳ /
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
obsoletehanging 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
Confusables Note
Other Word Forms
- dependently adverb
- dependantly adverb
- overdependent adjective
- predependent adjective
- quasi-dependent adjective
- quasi-dependently adverb
- self-dependent adjective
- self-dependently adverb
- semidependent adjective
- semidependently adverb
- undependent adjective
- ˈԻԳٱ adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of dependent1
Example Sentences
According to Amnesty International, South Africa has one of the most unequal school systems in the world - with a child's outcome very much dependent on their place of birth, wealth and colour of their skin.
Determined to save enough for college classes toward her degree, Amy has also shouldered the responsibility of supporting her mother, who has grown dependent on painkillers.
“They are dependent on that money to pay bills.”
The pilot in Hawaii began with engineering majors because the state is heavily dependent on engineers in its key defense, construction and tourism industries — but has a chronic shortage of them.
California, which grows more than one-third of the nation’s vegetables and more than three-quarters of its fruits and nuts, has long been dependent on undocumented labor to tend its crops.
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