A person who depends on another for support, particularly financial support (= US dependent).
Relying upon; depending upon.
Having a probability that is affected by the outcome of a separate event.
Used in questions, negative sentences and after certain particles and prepositions.
Affecting the lower part of the body, such as the legs while standing up, or the back while supine.
Hanging down.
One who relies on another for support
An element in phrase or clause structure that is not the head. Includes complements, modifiers and determiners.
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.
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.
conditional; contingent or conditioned. Opposite of unconditional.
addicted to drugs.
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.
That which depends; corollary; consequence.
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In American English, 【dependent】 is used as both a noun and an adjective.
British English has a distinction between the words.
A person who depends on another for support, particularly financial support (= US dependent).
Relying upon; depending upon.
Having a probability that is affected by the outcome of a separate event.
Used in questions, negative sentences and after certain particles and prepositions.
Affecting the lower part of the body, such as the legs while standing up, or the back while supine.
Hanging down.
One who relies on another for support
An element in phrase or clause structure that is not the head. Includes complements, modifiers and determiners.
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.
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.
conditional; contingent or conditioned. Opposite of unconditional.
addicted to drugs.
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.