adj
Meaning 1
Relying upon; depending upon.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- At that point I was dependent on financial aid for my tuition.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
dependent
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Sound
Pronunciation
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adj
Meaning 2
Having a probability that is affected by the outcome of a separate event.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: mathematics, sciences, statistics
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Used after a particle (with one or two exceptions), such as those which express questions, subordinate clauses, and negative sentences.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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adj
Meaning 4
Of part of the body: positioned lower than the heart, like the legs while standing up, or the back while supine.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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adj
Meaning 5
Hanging down.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- a dependent bough or leaf
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
A person who relies on another for support or sustenance, particularly financial support.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
Examples
- With two children and an ailing mother, she had three dependents in all.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 7
An element in phrase or clause structure that is not the head. Includes complements, modifiers and determiners.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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noun
Meaning 8
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 9
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 10
relying on or requiring a person or thing for support, supply, or what is needed
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- dependent children
- dependent on moisture
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: independent
adjective
Meaning 11
(of a clause) unable to stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a subordinate (or dependent) clause functions as a noun or adjective or adverb within a sentence
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: subordinate
Antonyms: independent
adjective satellite
Meaning 12
addicted to a drug
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: dependant, drug-addicted, hooked, strung-out
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 13
contingent on something else
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: dependant, qualified
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 14
being under the power or sovereignty of another or others
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- subject peoples
- a dependent prince
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: subject
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 15
held from above
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a pendant bunch of grapes
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pendent, pendant
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 16
a person who relies on another person for support (especially financial support)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: dependant
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: recipient, receiver
Narrower terms: charge, minion
History
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.
Across languages
Translations
104 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: afhanklik — relying upon; depending upon
- Arabic: مُتَوَقِّفْ (mutawaqqif) — relying upon; depending upon
- Arabic: مُعْتَمِدْ (muʕtamid) — relying upon; depending upon
- Armenian: կախված (kaxvac) — relying upon; depending upon
- Armenian: կախյալ (kaxyal) — relying upon; depending upon
- Azerbaijani: asılı — relying upon; depending upon
- Belarusian: зале́жны (zaljéžny) — relying upon; depending upon
- Belarusian: несамасто́йны (njesamastójny) — relying upon; depending upon
- Bulgarian: зави́сим (zavísim) — relying upon; depending upon
- Bulgarian: подчине́н (podčinén) — relying upon; depending upon
- Catalan: dependent — relying upon; depending upon
- Chinese Mandarin: 依靠 (yīkào) — relying upon; depending upon
- Chinese Mandarin: 倚賴 /倚赖 (yǐlài) — relying upon; depending upon
- Czech: závislý — relying upon; depending upon
- Czech: spoléhající — relying upon; depending upon
- Danish: afhængig — relying upon; depending upon
- Dutch: afhankelijk — relying upon; depending upon
- Esperanto: dependa — relying upon; depending upon
- Estonian: sõltuv — relying upon; depending upon
- Finnish: riippuvainen — relying upon; depending upon
- French: dépendant — relying upon; depending upon
- Georgian: დამოკიდებული (damoḳidebuli) — relying upon; depending upon
- German: abhängig — relying upon; depending upon
- German: angewiesen — relying upon; depending upon
- Greek: εξαρτημένος (exartiménos) — relying upon; depending upon
- Hebrew: תָּלוּי (talúi) — relying upon; depending upon
- Hindi: आश्रित (āśrit) — relying upon; depending upon
- Hindi: निर्भर (nirbhar) — relying upon; depending upon
- Hindi: अधीनस्थ (adhīnasth) — relying upon; depending upon
- Hindi: पराधीन (parādhīn) — relying upon; depending upon
- Hungarian: függ — relying upon; depending upon
- Hungarian: függő — relying upon; depending upon
- Irish: spleách — relying upon; depending upon
- Italian: dipendente — relying upon; depending upon
- Japanese: 次第 (shidai) — relying upon; depending upon
- Japanese: 依存する (ison suru) — relying upon; depending upon
- Japanese: 頼る (tayoru) — relying upon; depending upon
- Korean: 종속의 (jongsogui) — relying upon; depending upon
- Latvian: atkarīgs — relying upon; depending upon
- Macedonian: зависен (zavisen) — relying upon; depending upon
- Malay: bergantung — relying upon; depending upon
- Māori: whakawhirinaki — relying upon; depending upon
- Marathi: अवलंबित (avlambit) — relying upon; depending upon
- Marathi: अवलंबून (avlambūn) — relying upon; depending upon
- Marathi: निर्भर (nirbhar) — relying upon; depending upon
- Marathi: आश्रित (āśrit) — relying upon; depending upon
- Norwegian Bokmål: avhengig — relying upon; depending upon
- Norwegian Nynorsk: avhengig — relying upon; depending upon
- Persian: وابسته (vâbaste) — relying upon; depending upon
- Polish: uzależniony — relying upon; depending upon
- Polish: zależny — relying upon; depending upon
- Polish: bluszczowaty — relying upon; depending upon
- Polish: bluszczowy — relying upon; depending upon
- Portuguese: dependente — relying upon; depending upon
- Romanian: dependent — relying upon; depending upon
- Russian: зави́симый (zavísimyj) — relying upon; depending upon
- Russian: подчинённый (podčinjónnyj) — relying upon; depending upon
- Russian: несамостоя́тельный (nesamostojátelʹnyj) — relying upon; depending upon
- Scottish Gaelic: an urra ri — relying upon; depending upon
- Scottish Gaelic: eisimeileach — relying upon; depending upon
- Serbo-Croatian: зависан — relying upon; depending upon
- Serbo-Croatian: овисан — relying upon; depending upon
- Serbo-Croatian: несамосталан — relying upon; depending upon
- Serbo-Croatian: zavisan — relying upon; depending upon
- Serbo-Croatian: ovisan — relying upon; depending upon
- Serbo-Croatian: nesamostalan — relying upon; depending upon
- Slovak: závislý — relying upon; depending upon
- Slovene: odvisen — relying upon; depending upon
- Spanish: dependiente — relying upon; depending upon
- Swedish: avhängig — relying upon; depending upon
- Swedish: beroende — relying upon; depending upon
- Tagalog: disarilinin — relying upon; depending upon
- Turkish: bağımlı — relying upon; depending upon
- Turkish: bağlı — relying upon; depending upon
- Ukrainian: зале́жний (zaléžnyj) — relying upon; depending upon
- Ukrainian: несамості́йний (nesamostíjnyj) — relying upon; depending upon
- Irish: spleách — of Scottish Gaelic, Manx and Irish verb forms
- Scottish Gaelic: eisimeileach — of Scottish Gaelic, Manx and Irish verb forms
- Belarusian: утрыма́нец (utrymánjec) — one who relies on another for support
- Belarusian: утрыма́нка (utrymánka) — one who relies on another for support
- Chinese Mandarin: 扶養者 /扶养者 (fúyǎngzhě) — one who relies on another for support
- Estonian: ülalpeetav — one who relies on another for support
- Finnish: huollettava — one who relies on another for support
- French: dépendant — one who relies on another for support
- French: dépendante — one who relies on another for support
- French: personne à charge — one who relies on another for support
- German: Unterhaltsempfänger — one who relies on another for support
- German: Unterhaltsempfängerin — one who relies on another for support
- German: Abhängiger (der Abhängige) — one who relies on another for support
- German: Abhängige — one who relies on another for support
- Hindi: निर्भर (nirbhar) — one who relies on another for support
- Hindi: आश्रित (āśrit) — one who relies on another for support
- Hindi: अधीनस्थ (adhīnasth) — one who relies on another for support
- Japanese: 扶養家族 — one who relies on another for support
- Japanese: 扶養親族 — one who relies on another for support
- Japanese: 被扶養者 — one who relies on another for support
- Māori: pararau — one who relies on another for support
- Portuguese: dependente — one who relies on another for support
- Russian: иждиве́нец (iždivénec) — one who relies on another for support
- Russian: иждиве́нка (iždivénka) — one who relies on another for support
- Spanish: dependiente — one who relies on another for support
- Turkish: bağımlı — one who relies on another for support
- Ukrainian: утри́манець (utrýmanecʹ) — one who relies on another for support
- Ukrainian: утри́манка (utrýmanka) — one who relies on another for support
Real reading context