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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
/ 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
- 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
- ˈԻԳٱ, adverb
Other 51Թ Forms
- ·ԻIJԳ· ·ԻaԳ· adverb
- v··ԻIJԳ adjective
- d·ԻIJԳ adjective
- ܲȴ-·ԻIJԳ adjective
- quasi-·ԻIJԳ· adverb
- -·ԻIJԳ adjective
- self-·ԻIJԳ· adverb
- i··ԻIJԳ adjective
- semi··ԻIJԳ· adverb
- ܲd·ԻIJԳ adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of dependent1
Example Sentences
Teslyn Barkman, who oversees trade in the parliament, said the taxes would impact the economy, which is heavily dependent on the sale of fish to the EU and the US.
Ireland is highly dependent on the US in terms of goods and services.
“The tech sector is fundamentally facing the fact that it’s really dependent on these global supply chains,” Klowden said.
Stuck in a vicious cycle of innocence lost, regained, then lost again, American history reveals itself to be a series of stories told by individuals dependent on inconsistent and unreliable sources.
High tariffs have increased costs for companies dependent on global value chains, hobbling India's ability to compete in international markets.
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