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Dependent   /dɪpˈɛndənt/   Listen
adjective
Dependent  adj.  
1.
Hanging down; as, a dependent bough or leaf.
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. "England, long dependent and degraded, was again a power of the first rank."
3.
Conditional; contingent or conditioned. Opposite of unconditional.
Synonyms: qualified.
4.
Addicted to drugs.
Synonyms: addicted, dependent, drug-addicted, hooked, strung-out.
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.


noun
Dependent  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. "A host of dependents on the court, suborned to play their part as witnesses."
2.
That which depends; corollary; consequence. "With all its circumstances and dependents." Note: See the Note under Dependant.





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"Dependent" Quotes from Famous Books



... ecclesiastic fagots. The former outchatters the Duke of Newcastle; and the latter Madame de Gisors, exhausts Mr. Pitt's eloquence in defense of the Archbishop of Paris. Monsieur de Nivernois lives in a small circle of dependent admirers, and Madame de Rochfort is high-priestess for a ...
— The Letters of Horace Walpole Volume 3 • Horace Walpole
... exaggerated precautions, and, on the other hand, no harshness, no punishments. We must love the child, and encourage his playing. To make him realize his weakness and the narrow limits within which it can work, to keep the child dependent only on circumstances, will suffice, without ever making him feel the yoke ...
— Emile - or, Concerning Education; Extracts • Jean Jacques Rousseau
... Franz as a song composer, or, perhaps, to express it more accurately, the art-limitation, is that the musical inspiration is directly dependent on the poetic strength of the Lied. He would be utterly at a loss to treat a poem which lacked beauty and force. With but little command over absolute music, that flow of melody which pours from some natures like a perennial spring, the poetry of word is necessary ...
— The Great German Composers • George T. Ferris
... have deceived you; you should have brought more goods, but I do not blame you." I then told him, that I had brought from England only ammunition, tobacco, and spirits; and that being ignorant what other articles the Indians required, we were dependent on the traders for supplies; but he must be aware, that every endeavour had been used on our parts to procure them, as was evinced by Mr. Back's journey to Fort Chipewyan. With respect to the ammunition and ...
— Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the years 1819-20-21-22, Volume 2 • John Franklin
... And it places the ministry in a dependent attitude. But under our system it's unavoidable. Young men devoting themselves to the ministry ...
— Indian Summer • William D. Howells


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