dependent
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adjective- 1.
Relying upon; depending upon.
At that point I was dependent on financial aid for my tuition.
- 2.
(statistics) Having a probability that is affected by the outcome of a separate event.
- 3.
(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.
- 4.
(medicine) Of part of the body: positioned lower than the heart, like the legs while standing up, or the back while supine.
- 5.
Hanging down.
a dependent bough or leaf
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noun- 1.
(US)A person who relies on another for support or sustenance, particularly financial support.
With two children and an ailing mother, she had three dependents in all.
- 2.
(US)(grammar) An element in phrase or clause structure that is not the head. Includes complements, modifiers and determiners.
- 3.
(US)(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.
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(US)(philosophy) 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.
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From Middle English dependaunt, dependent, from Middle French dependant (present participle of dependre (to depend)) and Latin dēpendēns (present participle of dēpendeō (to depend)). depend.