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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
dependent
adj 1: relying on or requiring a person or thing for support,
supply, or what is needed; "dependent children";
"dependent on moisture" [ant: independent]
2: contingent on something else [syn: dependent, dependant,
qualified]
3: (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"
[syn: dependent, subordinate] [ant: independent,
main(a)]
4: held from above; "a pendant bunch of grapes" [syn: pendent,
pendant, dependent]
5: being under the power or sovereignty of another or others;
"subject peoples"; "a dependent prince" [syn: subject,
dependent]
6: addicted to a drug [syn: dependent, dependant, drug-
addicted, hooked, strung-out]
n 1: a person who relies on another person for support
(especially financial support) [syn: dependant,
dependent]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Dependent \De*pend"ent\, n.
1. One who depends; one who is sustained by another, or who
relies on another for financial support or favor; a
hanger-on; a retainer; as, a numerous train of dependents.
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A host of dependents on the court, suborned to play
their part as witnesses. --Hallam.
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2. That which depends; corollary; consequence.
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With all its circumstances and dependents. --Prynne.
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Note: See the Note under Dependant.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Dependent \De*pend"ent\, a. [L. dependens, -entis, p. pr.
dependere. See Depend, and cf. Dependant.]
1. Hanging down; as, a dependent bough or leaf.
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2. Relying on, or subject to, something else for support; not
able to exist, or sustain itself, or to perform anything,
without the will, power, or aid of something else; not
self-sustaining; subordinate; -- often with on or upon;
as, dependent on God; dependent upon friends. Opposite of
independent. [Narrower terms: interdependent,
mutualist, mutually beneficial; parasitic, parasitical,
leechlike, bloodsucking; subordinate; underage;
myrmecophilous; symbiotic] Also See: unfree.
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England, long dependent and degraded, was again a
power of the first rank. --Macaulay.
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3. conditional; contingent or conditioned. Opposite of
unconditional.
Syn: qualified.
[WordNet 1.5]
4. addicted to drugs.
Syn: addicted, dependent, drug-addicted, hooked, strung-out.
[WordNet 1.5]
Dependent covenant or Dependent contract (Law), one not
binding until some connecting stipulation is performed.
Dependent variable (Math.), a varying quantity whose
changes are arbitrary, but are regarded as produced by
changes in another variable, which is called the
independent variable.
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4. The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906) |
DEPENDENT, adj. Reliant upon another's generosity for the support
which you are not in a position to exact from his fears.
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Thesaurus Results for Dependent:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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Common Misspellings > |
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