Dependent

Quick meaning: Dependent is an adjective meaning Relying upon; depending upon.

Meaning

Relying upon; depending upon.

More Meanings

1. (statistics) Having a probability that is affected by the outcome of a separate event.
2. (medicine) Of part of the body: positioned lower than the heart, like the legs while standing up, or the back while supine.
3. Hanging down.
4. A person who relies on another for support or sustenance, particularly financial support.
5. (grammar) An element in phrase or clause structure that is not the head. Includes complements, modifiers and determiners.
6. (of Irish/Manx/Scottish (Gaelic) verb forms) Used after a particle (with one or two exceptions), such as those which express questions, subordinate clauses, and negative sentences.
7. (grammar) 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.

Example Sentences

a dependent bough or leaf

At that point I was dependent on financial aid for my tuition.

The limbs should not assume a dependent position and may be supported; for example, the upper arm and leg may be flexed and supported on pillows[…]

Within the GMM framework, the distribution of returns conditional on the market return can be both serially dependent and conditionally heteroscedastic.

Word Forms

• dependant
• dependents

Synonyms for dependent

Depending on context, synonyms include reliant, contingent, subordinate, subject, hooked, helpless.

Antonyms for dependent

Common opposites include independent, self-reliant.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include reliant, dependant, qualified, interdependent, subject, subordinate.

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