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UK
/dɪpˈɛndənt/
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[ US /dɪˈpɛndənt/ ]
[ US /dɪˈpɛndənt/ ]
NOUN
- a person who relies on another person for support (especially financial support)
ADJECTIVE
- addicted to a drug
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(of a clause) unable to stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence
a subordinate (or dependent) clause functions as a noun or adjective or adverb within a sentence - contingent on something else
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relying on or requiring a person or thing for support, supply, or what is needed
dependent on moisture
dependent children -
held from above and hanging down
a pendant bunch of grapes -
being under the power or sovereignty of another or others
a dependent prince
subject peoples
How To Use dependent In A Sentence
- The remaining three evolutionary forces are nonadaptive in the sense that they are not a function of the fitness properties of individuals: mutation is the ultimate source of variation on which natural selection acts, recombination assorts variation within and among chromosomes, and genetic drift ensures that gene frequencies will deviate a bit from generation to generation independent of other forces. A Disclaimer for Behe?
- An asylum seeker with insulin dependent diabetes has recently had her claim for asylum rejected.
- John Sayles is often hailed as the king of independent cinema, so it is little wonder that his latest movie, Silver City, was able to attract such a mouth-watering cast.
- Young people from welfare-dependent single-parent families just aren't artful dodgers ready to graduate into serious crime and a moral vacuum.
- Each eye can move independently and can focus on object with three different areas, giving the mantis shrimp "trinocular vision". ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science
- Independent observers will monitor the elections.
- Each bottle rests in an independent sleeve from the others so it can also be separated and used again for your wine travel needs. 2010 February | Dr Vino's wine blog
- We do learn that Olive was wild and independent, refusing to live as a shy ingénue.
- Save aggressively over the next five years so she has the choice to work as an independent consultant, if she desires.
- The independent consultant with any hope of being self-supporting must have an organized library of information available at a moment's notice.
