dependent — English Dictionary

dependent
Pronunciations (2)
  • /dɪˈpɛndənt/
  • dɪˈpɛndənt

Adjective

  1. Relying upon; depending upon.

    Examples

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

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    It is time the international community faced the reality: we have an unmanageable, unfair, distortionary global tax regime. […] It is the starving of the public sector which has been pivotal in America no longer being the land of opportunity – with a child's life prospects more dependent on the income and education of its parents than in other advanced countries.

  2. Having a probability that is affected by the outcome of a separate event.

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    The formula for finding the probability of one event followed by a dependent event is written P(A, B) = P(A) × P(B/A) where P(B/A) is read “the probability of B given A.”

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

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    Is it possible to find events A, B of Ω so that A and B are independent? The answer to this simple and interesting problem is no. A probability space (Ω,Σ,P) is called a “dependent probability space” if there are no nontrivial independent events in Ω, (Ω,Σ,P) is called an independent space otherwise.

  3. Used after a particle (with one or two exceptions), such as those which express questions, subordinate clauses, and negative sentences.

    Usage
    • of Irish/Manx/Scottish (Gaelic) verb forms
  4. Of part of the body: positioned lower than the heart, like the legs while standing up, or the back while supine.

    Examples
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    Several groups have shown that the gravitational distribution of pleural pressure is much more uniform when animals are in a prone rather than in a supine position, […] After volume-infusion-induced pulmonary oedema, Ppl was positive in the dependent lung regions in supine animals but much less positive in those in the prone position.

    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[…]

  5. Hanging down.

    Examples

    a dependent bough or leaf

Noun

  1. A person who relies on another for support or sustenance, particularly financial support.

    Usage
    • US usage
    Examples

    With two children and an ailing mother, she had three dependents in all.

  2. An element in phrase or clause structure that is not the head. Includes complements, modifiers and determiners.

    Usage
    • US usage
  3. 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.

    Usage
    • US usage
  4. 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.

    Usage
    • US usage

Adjective

  1. relying on or requiring a person or thing for support, supply, or what is needed

    Antonyms
    Examples

    dependent children

    dependent on moisture

  2. contingent on something else

  3. (of a clause) unable to stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence

    Synonyms
    Antonyms
    Examples

    a subordinate (or dependent) clause functions as a noun or adjective or adverb within a sentence

  4. held from above and hanging down

    Examples

    a pendant bunch of grapes

  5. being under the power or sovereignty of another or others

    Synonyms
    Examples

    subject peoples

    a dependent prince

  6. addicted to a drug

Noun

  1. a person who relies on another person for support (especially financial support)

    Synonyms
    Broader terms
Word forms
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