ADJECTIVE | all | dependent | relying on or requiring a person or thing for support, supply, or what is needed |
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all | dependent, dependant, qualified | contingent on something else | |
all | dependent, subordinate | (of a clause) unable to stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence | |
all | dependent, pendent, pendant | held from above | |
all | dependent, subject | being under the power or sovereignty of another or others | |
all | dependent, dependant, drug-addicted, hooked, strung-out | addicted to a drug | |
NOUN | person | dependent, dependant | a person who relies on another person for support (especially financial support) |
Sounds | dihpeh'ndahnt | |
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Rhymes | abandonment ... wonderment: 671 rhymes with ahnt... |
Meaning | Relying on or requiring a person or thing for support, supply, or what is needed. | |
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Examples |
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Attribute of | independence, independency | freedom from control or influence of another or others |
Narrower | babelike | like a baby especially in dependence |
helpless | Unable to manage independently | |
interdependent, mutualist, mutually beneficial | mutually dependent | |
myrmecophilous | Living symbiotically with ants | |
parasitic, parasitical, leechlike, bloodsucking | Of plants or persons | |
reliant | Relying on another for support / support | |
symbiotic | Used of organisms (especially of different species) living together but not necessarily in a relation beneficial to each | |
underage | Dependent by virtue of youth | |
See also | unfree | hampered and not free |
Opposite | independent | Free from external control and constraint / constraint |
Spanish | dependiente | |
Catalan | dependent | |
Nouns | dependence, dependency | the state of relying on or being controlled by someone or something else |
dependent | a person who relies on another person for support (especially financial support) |
Meaning | Contingent on something else. | |
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Synonyms | dependant, qualified | |
Broader | conditional | imposing or depending on or containing a condition |
Spanish | dependiente, restringido | |
Catalan | dependent | |
Verbs | depend | be contingent upon (something that is elided) |
Meaning | (of a clause) unable to stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence. | |
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Example | "a subordinate (or dependent) clause functions as a noun or adjective or adverb within a sentence" | |
Synonym | subordinate | |
Category | grammar | The branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics) |
Opposite | independent, main | (of a clause) capable of standing syntactically alone as a complete sentence |
Spanish | subordinado |
Meaning | Held from above. | |
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Synonyms | pendent, pendant | |
Broader | supported | held up or having the weight borne especially from below |
Spanish | colgante, suspenso | |
Catalan | penjant, suspès |
Meaning | Under the power or sovereignty of another or others. | |
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Example | "a dependent prince" | |
Synonym | subject | |
Broader | subordinate | subject or submissive to authority or the control of another |
Spanish | súbdito | |
Nouns | dependency | a geographical area politically controlled by a distant country |
Meaning | addicted to a drug. | |
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Synonyms | dependant, drug-addicted, hooked, strung-out | |
Broader | addicted | compulsively or physiologically dependent on something habit-forming |
Spanish | dogrodependiente, drogadicto, enganchado | |
Catalan | drogoaddicte, drogodependent, enganxat | |
Nouns | dependence, dependency | being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs) |
Meaning | A person who relies on another person for support (especially financial support). | |
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Synonym | dependant | |
Narrower | charge | A person committed to your care |
minion | A servile or fawning dependant | |
Broader | recipient, receiver | A person who receives something |
Spanish | dependiente | |
Catalan | dependent, persona a càrrec | |
Adjectives | dependent | relying on or requiring a person or thing for support, supply, or what is needed |
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