dependent
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2.8
- adjective
- /dɪˈpɛndənt/
- Its effects hit Ireland hardest, where over 30% of the people are dependent on potatoes for their survival.
- become dependent
- remain dependent
- dependent children
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Watch on YouTubeYou'll never be as helpless, as dependent, as resourceless.
- You'll never be as helpless, as dependent, as resourceless.
- To myself, I was very dependent as a young woman.
- But the fact is we have socially dependent nervous systems.
- What the opposition wants is for you to be dumb and dependent and docile.
- And now your family may have become somewhat dependent financially on the narcissistic person.
- You lead with your openness to being dependent.
- In most of North America, we have what we call fire dependent ecosystem.
- Well, because they they are dependent.
- And they are making men weak, docile, dependent, insecure, fearful, sick.
- So you have isolated, paranoid, dependent workers, and this is the direction that work is taking.
- And I'm like, and if we could rush ahead to four when you're a little bit more less, less dependent.
- Just even understanding how dependent we all are on the systems around us makes us better citizens.
- The slave is, as we've seen, the dependent consciousness.
Examples
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The project was dependent on adequate funding to continue its development.
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Throughout human history, we have been dependent on machines to survive.
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It's sad how dependent I have become.
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The incredible thing to think about is just how dependent we are on nature.
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Just even understanding how dependent we all are on the systems around us makes us better citizens.
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Well, no, I would say that we're dependent on each other.
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Despite their work, they remained poor and dependent on public welfare for basic meals.
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And now your family may have become somewhat dependent financially on the narcissistic person.
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Seventy-four percent of the households are dependent on this forest for their livelihoods.
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You'll never be as helpless, as dependent, as resourceless.
Synonyms
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3.2
Needing something else to happen or be true
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4.0
Needing someone or something to work
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3.4
Something else decides it, for example a condition like the weather
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6.4
Dependent on something else or on certain conditions
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
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5.3
A value measured in an experiment that changes when you change something else
- Specialized
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6.1
A group of words that cannot stand alone and acts like a noun, adjective, or adverb
- Archaic
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4.1
A long-term illness where the body cannot use sugar properly and is often managed by diet and exercise
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4.9
A long-term disease in which the body cannot make insulin and needs injections to control blood sugar
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4.1
A long illness in adults that causes high blood sugar and usually does not need insulin injections
A brain scan that shows brain activity by measuring changes in blood oxygen
How Dependent
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Dependent comes from the Latin parts de- 'down' and pendere 'to hang', like a small object that hangs from a larger one (think of a pendant on a necklace). So a dependent person or plant 'hangs on' someone or something else for support or what it needs to live.