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dependent en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /dɪˈpɛndənt/
  • (US) audio

Etymology

From Middle English dependaunt, dependent, from Middle French dependant (present participle of dependre (“to depend”)) and Latin dēpendēns (present participle of dēpendeō (“to depend”)). By surface analysis, depend + -ent.

Meanings

  1. Relying upon; depending upon.
    • It is time the international community faced the reality: we have an unmanageable, unfair, distortionary global tax regime. […] It is the starving of the public sector which has been pivotal in America no longer being the land of opportunity – with a child's life prospects more dependent on the income and education of its parents than in other advanced countries. 2013 June 7, Joseph Stiglitz, “Globalisation is about taxes too”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 19:
    • At that point I was dependent on financial aid for my tuition.
  2. Having a probability that is affected by the outcome of a separate event.
    • Is it possible to find events A, B of Ω so that A and B are independent? The answer to this simple and interesting problem is no. A probability space (Ω,Σ,P) is called a “dependent probability space” if there are no nontrivial independent events in Ω, (Ω,Σ,P) is called an independent space otherwise. 2006, M.M. Rao, Randall J. Swift, Probability Theory with Applications (Second Edition), Springer, page 87:
    • Within the GMM framework, the distribution of returns conditional on the market return can be both serially dependent and conditionally heteroscedastic. 2005, Alejandro Balbás, Rosario Romera, Esther Ruiz, Recent Advances in Applied Probability, Springer, page 49:
    • The formula for finding the probability of one event followed by a dependent event is written P(A, B) = P(A) × P(B/A) where P(B/A) is read “the probability of B given A.” 1994, Kathryn Stout, Maximum Math, page 217:
  3. (of Irish/Manx/Scottish (Gaelic) verb forms) Used after a particle (with one or two exceptions), such as those which express questions, subordinate clauses, and negative sentences.
  4. Of part of the body: positioned lower than the heart, like the legs while standing up, or the back while supine.
    • The limbs should not assume a dependent position and may be supported; for example, the upper arm and leg may be flexed and supported on pillows[…] 2009, Gabby Koutoukidis, Rita Funnell, Karen Lawrence, Jodie Hughson, Kate Stainton, Tabbner's Nursing Care: Theory and Practice, Elsevier Australia, →ISBN, page 406:
    • Several groups have shown that the gravitational distribution of pleural pressure is much more uniform when animals are in a prone rather than in a supine position, […] After volume-infusion-induced pulmonary oedema, Ppl was positive in the dependent lung regions in supine animals but much less positive in those in the prone position. 2008 February 17, Umberto Lucangelo, Paolo Pelosi, Walter A. Zin, Andrea Aliverti, Respiratory System and Artificial Ventilation, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 198:
  5. Hanging down.
    • a dependent bough or leaf

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
more dependent Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most dependent Degree=Sup lexicographic
dependant alternative, obsolete lexicographic

Antonyms

independent · self-reliant

Deriveds

antedependent · time-dependent · undependent · cyber-dependent · selfless dependent · domestic dependent nation · case dependent · semidependent · disquieted dependent · phosphodependent · overdependent · context-dependent · nondependent · inter-dependent · redshift-dependent · linearly dependent · interdependent · passive-dependent · ineffectual dependent · dependently · order-dependent · language-dependent · light-dependent resistor · hyperdependent · dependent personality disorder · case-dependent · accommodating dependent · immature dependent · photodependent · system-dependent · co-dependent · dependapotamus

Hypernyms

connected

Hyponyms

conditional

Relateds

correspondent · agreeable · friendly

Synonyms

reliant · contingent · dependent

Translations (78)

cs závislý (relying upon; depending upon) · nb avhengig (relying upon; depending upon) · lv atkarīgs (relying upon; depending upon) · be зале́жны (relying upon; depending upon) · hy կախված (relying upon; depending upon) · ja 次第 (relying upon; depending upon) · he תָּלוּי (relying upon; depending upon) · be несамасто́йны (relying upon; depending upon) · sh nesamostalan (relying upon; depending upon) · sv avhängig (relying upon; depending upon) · de angewiesen (relying upon; depending upon) · tr bağlı (relying upon; depending upon) · nl afhankelijk (relying upon; depending upon) · sh зависан (relying upon; depending upon) · sh несамосталан (relying upon; depending upon) · hi पराधीन (relying upon; depending upon) · gd eisimeileach (of Scottish Gaelic, Manx and Irish verb forms) · eo dependa (relying upon; depending upon) · bg зави́сим (relying upon; depending upon) · fi riippuvainen (relying upon; depending upon) · hi आश्रित (relying upon; depending upon) · pl bluszczowaty (relying upon; depending upon) · sh zavisan (relying upon; depending upon) · ru подчинённый (relying upon; depending upon) · sl odvisen (relying upon; depending upon) · nn avhengig (relying upon; depending upon) · sv beroende (relying upon; depending upon) · hu függ (relying upon; depending upon) · ar مُتَوَقِّفْ (relying upon; depending upon) · mr अवलंबित (relying upon; depending upon) · es dependiente (relying upon; depending upon) · tl disarilinin (relying upon; depending upon) · ca dependent (relying upon; depending upon) · ko 종속의 (relying upon; depending upon) · mk зависен (relying upon; depending upon) · da afhængig (relying upon; depending upon) · cs spoléhající (relying upon; depending upon) · bg подчине́н (relying upon; depending upon) · et sõltuv (relying upon; depending upon) · mi whakawhirinaki (relying upon; depending upon) · ja 頼る (relying upon; depending upon) · ar مُعْتَمِدْ (relying upon; depending upon) · gd an urra ri (relying upon; depending upon) · sk závislý (relying upon; depending upon) · ka დამოკიდებული (relying upon; depending upon) · pl bluszczowy (relying upon; depending upon) · ga spleách (relying upon; depending upon) · cmn 依靠 (relying upon; depending upon) · ja 依存する (relying upon; depending upon) · ro dependent (relying upon; depending upon) · hi निर्भर (relying upon; depending upon) · mr निर्भर (relying upon; depending upon) · fa وابسته (relying upon; depending upon) · pt dependente (relying upon; depending upon) · mr अवलंबून (relying upon; depending upon) · ms bergantung (relying upon; depending upon) · ga spleách (of Scottish Gaelic, Manx and Irish verb forms) · uk зале́жний (relying upon; depending upon) · af afhanklik (relying upon; depending upon) · tr bağımlı (relying upon; depending upon) · pl uzależniony (relying upon; depending upon) · hu függő (relying upon; depending upon) · de abhängig (relying upon; depending upon) · it dipendente (relying upon; depending upon) · fr dépendant (relying upon; depending upon) · sh ovisan (relying upon; depending upon) · sh овисан (relying upon; depending upon) · uk несамості́йний (relying upon; depending upon) · pl zależny (relying upon; depending upon) · cmn 倚賴 /倚赖 (relying upon; depending upon) · hy կախյալ (relying upon; depending upon) · ru зави́симый (relying upon; depending upon) · ru несамостоя́тельный (relying upon; depending upon) · el εξαρτημένος (relying upon; depending upon) · gd eisimeileach (relying upon; depending upon) · az asılı (relying upon; depending upon) · hi अधीनस्थ (relying upon; depending upon) · mr आश्रित (relying upon; depending upon)

dependent en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /dɪˈpɛndənt/
  • (US) audio

Etymology

From Middle English dependaunt, dependent, from Middle French dependant (present participle of dependre (“to depend”)) and Latin dēpendēns (present participle of dēpendeō (“to depend”)). By surface analysis, depend + -ent.

Meanings

  1. (US) A person who relies on another for support or sustenance, particularly financial support.
    • With two children and an ailing mother, she had three dependents in all.
  2. (US) An element in phrase or clause structure that is not the head. Includes complements, modifiers and determiners.
  3. (US) The aorist subjunctive or subjunctive perfective: a form of a verb not used independently but preceded by a particle to form the negative or a tense form. Found in Greek and in the Gaelic languages.
  4. (US) dependent (origination), in Buddhism, the idea that the existence of everything is conditional and dependent on a cause, and that nothing happens fortuitously or by chance.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
dependant Commonwealth, UK, alternative lexicographic
dependents Number=Plur lexicographic

Antonyms

independent

Deriveds

depending · co-dependent

Relateds

dependency · depender · depend · dependence · dependent clause · dependee · dependent variable

Translations (27)

uk утри́манка (one who relies on another for support) · et ülalpeetav (one who relies on another for support) · cmn 扶養者 /扶养者 (one who relies on another for support) · fr dépendant (one who relies on another for support) · eo dependulo (one who relies on another for support) · ja 被扶養者 (one who relies on another for support) · es dependiente (one who relies on another for support) · hi अधीनस्थ (one who relies on another for support) · ja 扶養家族 (one who relies on another for support) · ru иждиве́нец (one who relies on another for support) · uk утри́манець (one who relies on another for support) · pt dependente (one who relies on another for support) · de Abhängiger (der Abhängige) (one who relies on another for support) · hi निर्भर (one who relies on another for support) · ru иждиве́нка (one who relies on another for support) · de Abhängige (one who relies on another for support) · fr personne à charge (one who relies on another for support) · be утрыма́нец (one who relies on another for support) · be утрыма́нка (one who relies on another for support) · fi huollettava (one who relies on another for support) · mi pararau (one who relies on another for support) · fr dépendante (one who relies on another for support) · hi आश्रित (one who relies on another for support) · de Unterhaltsempfänger (one who relies on another for support) · tr bağımlı (one who relies on another for support) · ja 扶養親族 (one who relies on another for support) · de Unterhaltsempfängerin (one who relies on another for support)