independent en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˌɪn.dɪˈpɛn.dənt/
- (US) audio
Etymology
From Middle English independent, equivalent to in- + dependent. Compare French indépendant.
Meanings
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Not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free.
Niinisto pointed out that he had already told Putin at their first meeting in 2012 that “each independent nation would maximize its own security.” “That is still the case. By joining NATO, Finland will strengthen its own security and assume its responsibilities. It is not something away from anybody,” Niinisto said.
2022 May 14, Jari Tanner, “Putin warns Finland NATO membership would harm relations”, in AP News, archived from the original on 14 May 2022:
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Not affiliated with any political party.
Joe Biden is making a clear attempt to appeal to disaffected Republicans and independent voters in the final weeks of the election, promising he’d be a president that would work hard not just for those who support him, but also for those who do not.
2020 October 10, Sarah Mucha, “‘A moment to put country above party’: Biden makes appeal to disaffected Republican and independent voters”, in CNN, archived from the original on 11 Jan 2021:the independent candidate
At one point in the debate, the moderator asked a tough question that had the candidates stumped. Moderator: "This question is for both of the candidates. Those ever-important independent voters who haven’t decided who to vote for would like to know what the real differences between you two are." Gore: "I think the real difference between Governor Bush and I is that he is in fact a Republican, and I am currently a Democrat." Moderator: "That doesn’t really answer the question, I am talking about issues." Bush: "No, he is right. I am a Republican, and he is a Democrat."
2000 October 3, Tim Paluch, “Gore vs. Bush: That's Debatable”, in Iowa State Daily:
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Providing a comfortable livelihood.
an independent property
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Not subject to bias or influence; self-directing.
a man of an independent mind
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Separate from; exclusive; irrespective.
That obligation in general, under which we conceive ourselves bound to obey a law, independent of those resources which the law provides for its own enforcement.
1795, Robert Plumer Ward, An Enquiry into the Foundation and History of the Law of Nations in Europe from the Time of the Greeks and Romans to the Age of Grotius:
Forms
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| more independent | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most independent | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
independentist · act of independent significance · independent mini-nation · independent scholar · language-independent · independentize · nonindependent · mini-independent country · Commonwealth of Independent States · semi-independent · independent city · independentism · independent genitive · independent means · affinely independent · independent set · independentization · independent variable · independent study · teal independent · quasi-independent · case-independent · Independent Olympic Participant · case independent · independency · independent counsel · independent contractor · defense-independent pitching statistics · algebraically independent · time-independent · independent function · position-independent code · platform-independent · pseudoindependent · independent clause · independent possessive · Independentism · redundant array of independent disks · time-independent Markovian type · position-independent executable · linearly independent · independently
Hyponyms
system-independent · redshift-independent · order-independent · language-independent
Relateds
pending · pendant · depend · independence · dependence · dependently
Synonyms
free · undependent · autonomous · self-standing · substantive
Translations (126)
uk незале́жний (not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free) · fi sitoutumaton (not aligned with any political party) · la independens (not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free) · eo sendependa (not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free) · ar حُرّ (not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free) · uk самості́йний (not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free) · wyi yering-garrine (not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free) · lo ອິສະລະ (not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free) · it indipendente (not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free) · ml സ്വതന്ത്ര (not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free) · ja 無所属 (not aligned with any political party) · de selbständig (not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free) · ko 무소속 (not aligned with any political party) · ur آزاد اُمیدوار (not aligned with any political party) · de unabhängig (not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free) · th อิสระ (not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free) · kk тәуелсіз (not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free) · af onafhanklik (not aligned with any political party) · be незале́жны (not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free) · sv partilös (not aligned with any political party) · hu önálló (not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free) · be самасто́йны (not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free) · id merdeka (not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free) · ms merdeka (not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free) · de unabhängig (not aligned with any political party) · ky көз каранды эмес (not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free) · es independiente (not aligned with any political party) · bo རང་བཙན (not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free) · dsb samostatny (not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free) · et iseseisev (not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free) · crh mustaqil (not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free) · ms mandiri (not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free) · sh независан (not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free) · tl malaya (not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free) · sk nezávislý (not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free) · pl niezawisły (not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free) · pl niepodległy (not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free) · ckb سەربەخۆ (not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free) · da uafhængig (not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free) · fa مستقل (not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free) · sv oberoende (not aligned with any political party) · hy ինքնուրույն (not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free) · hi स्वतंत्र (not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free) · bg незави́сим (not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free) · uz ozod (not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free) · lv neatkarīgs (not aligned with any political party) · vi độc lập (not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free) · ka დამოუკიდებელი (not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free) · sh sȁmostālan (not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free) · sh nezávisan (not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free) · fi vapaa (not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free) · eo memstara (not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free) · ar مُسْتَقِل (not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free) · is sjálfstæður (not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free) · tr bağımsız (not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free) · hi आज़ाद (not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free) · ja 独立した (not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free) · pt independente (not aligned with any political party) · ur آزاد (not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free) · cs nezávislý (not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free) · hu független (not aligned with any political party) · km ឯករាជ (not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free) · ru свобо́дный (not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free) · pl niezależny (not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free) · af onafhanklik (not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free) · hu párton kívüli (not aligned with any political party) · sq pavarur (not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free) · mk независен (not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free) · lt nepriklausomas (not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free) · uz mustaqil (not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free) · tg мустақил (not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free) · ko 독립의 (not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free) · ca independent (not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free) · hi स्वाधीन (not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free) · sh самосталан (not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free) · ba бойондороҡһоҙ (not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free) · es independiente (not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free) · sv oberoende (not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free) · ko 독립적인 (not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free) · sv självständig (not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free) · da selvstændig (not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free) · my တစ်သီးပုဂ္ဂလ (not aligned with any political party) · nb uavhengig (not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free) · el ανεξάρτητος (not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free) · pl niezrzeszony (not aligned with any political party) · fi itsenäinen (not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free) · nl onafhankelijk (not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free) · ru самостоя́тельный (not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free) · et sõltumatu (not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free) · ru незави́симый (not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free) · gl independente (not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free) · nl zelfstandig (not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free) · ckb سەربەست (not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free) · kmr serbixwe (not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free) · fi riippumaton (not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free) · tk özbaşdak (not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free) · gl independente (not aligned with any political party) · cmn 獨立 /独立 (not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free) · hy անկախ (not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free) · lv neatkarīgs (not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free) · sa स्वतन्त्र (not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free) · pt independente (not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free) · fr indépendant (not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free) · gd neo-eisimeileach (not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free) · oc independent (not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free) · is utanflokka (not aligned with any political party) · ro liber (not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free) · mn бие даасан (not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free) · bcl talingkas (not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free) · az müstəqil (not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free) · bg независим (not aligned with any political party) · hu független (not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free) · cmn 無黨籍 /无党籍 (not aligned with any political party) · kk азат (not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free) · nb selvstendig (not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free) · sh nȅovisan (not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free) · sh неовисан (not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free) · sl neodvisen (not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free) · my လွတ်လပ် (not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free) · tk garaşsyz (not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free) · it indipendente (not aligned with any political party) · ps خپلواک (not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free) · eo senpartia (not aligned with any political party) · ms bebas (not aligned with any political party) · ga neamhspleách (not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free) · ro independent (not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free)