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   De·pend·ent

   /dəˈpend(ə)nt/

   

   adjective

   • 1. contingent on or determined by: "the various benefits will be dependent on length of service" Similar conditional oncontingent onbased ondepending onresting onhanging onhingeing onsubject todetermined bycontrolled byinfluenced byswayed byresultant from
   • 2. requiring someone or something for financial, emotional, or other support: "an economy heavily dependent on oil exports" Similar reliant onrelying oncounting onleaning onsupported bysustained by
   • ▪ unable to do without: "people dependent on drugs" Similar addicted toreliant onover-reliant onfixated ongiven to usinggiven to abusinginformal:hooked onjonesing on/for
   • 3. (of a clause, phrase, or word) subordinate to another clause, phrase, or word: "a clause dependent on another clause"

   noun

   • 1. a person who relies on another, especially a family member, for financial support: "a single man with no dependents"

   Word Origin late Middle Englishdependant ‘hanging down’, from Old French, present participle of dependre (see depend). The spelling change in the 16th century was due to association with the Latin participial stem dependent-.

   Derivatives

   • 1. dependently adverb

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   relying on or requiring a person or thing for support, supply, or what is needed. “ dependent children”. “ dependent on moisture”. synonyms: babelike. like a baby especially in dependence. helpless. unable to manage independently. interdependent, mutualist, mutually beneficial.