Found 4 items, similar to Dependents.
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: dependent
dependent
n : a person who relies on another person for support
(especially financial support) [syn:
dependant]
dependent
adj 1: not independent;
“dependent children” [ant:
independent]
2: contingent on something else [syn:
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:
subordinate] [ant:
independent]
4: being under the power or sovereignty of another or others;
“subject peoples”;
“a dependent prince” [syn:
subject]
5: addicted to a drug [syn:
dependant,
drug-addicted,
hooked,
strung-out]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Dependent
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.
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4. addicted to drugs.
Syn: addicted, dependent, drug-addicted, hooked, strung-out.
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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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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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