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dependent
- /dɪˈpɛndənt/
Where it comes from
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.
adjective more dependent · most dependent · dependant
- Relying upon; depending upon. At that point I was dependent on financial aid for my tuition.
- Having a probability that is affected by the outcome of a separate event. 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.”
- Used after a particle (with one or two exceptions), such as those which express questions, subordinate clauses, and negative sentences.
- Of part of the body: positioned lower than the heart, like the legs while standing up, or the back while supine. 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 posi
- Hanging down. a dependent bough or leaf
Similar: reliant, contingent, dependent · Opposite: independent, self-reliant
noun dependents · dependant
- 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.
- An element in phrase or clause structure that is not the head. Includes complements, modifiers and determiners.
- 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.
- 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.
Opposite: independent
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: reliant, dependant, qualified, interdependent, subject, subordinate, conditional, mutualist, underage, helpless, hooked, strung-out, addicted, symbiotic, bloodsucking, leechlike
adjective
Similar: reliant, contingent, dependent · Opposite: independent, self-reliant
noun
Opposite: independent
Translations
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adj relying upon; depending upon
| Español | dependiente |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 종속의 jongsogui |
| 日本語 | 次第 shidai, 依存する ison suru, 頼る tayoru |
| 中文 | 依靠 yīkào, 倚賴 /倚赖 yǐlài |
| हिन्दी | आश्रित āśrit, निर्भर nirbhar, अधीनस्थ adhīnasth, पराधीन parādhīn |
| Português | dependente |
| Français | dépendant |
| Deutsch | abhängig, angewiesen |
| Italiano | dipendente |
| Ελληνικά | εξαρτημένος exartiménos |
| Română | dependent |
| Русский | зави́симый zavísimyj, подчинённый podčinjónnyj, несамостоя́тельный nesamostojátelʹnyj |
| العربية | مُتَوَقِّفْ mutawaqqif, مُعْتَمِدْ muʕtamid |
| עברית | תָּלוּי talúi |
noun one who relies on another for support
| Español | dependiente |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 扶養家族, 扶養親族, 被扶養者 |
| 中文 | 扶養者 /扶养者 fúyǎngzhě |
| हिन्दी | निर्भर nirbhar, आश्रित āśrit, अधीनस्थ adhīnasth |
| Português | dependente |
| Français | dépendant, dépendante, personne à charge |
| Deutsch | Unterhaltsempfänger, Unterhaltsempfängerin, Abhängiger (der Abhängige), Abhängige |
| Русский | иждиве́нец iždivénec, иждиве́нка iždivénka |
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title = {dependent},
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