dependent on
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3.2
- adjective
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dependiente de
- Many companies discovered some unexpected vulnerabilities because they were dependent on material supply coming from the affected region.
- highly dependent on
- become dependent on
- entirely dependent on
Is their personality too dependent on their partner?
- Is their personality too dependent on their partner?
- Just like an infant, baby is completely dependent on Mother for survival.
- Maybe everything that you hear is dependent on the atmosphere.
- Your mental health isn't dependent on you.
- Negotiating what you want is directly dependent on knowing what it is you want.
- Most of the people in this country who become dependent on the state were born here.
- They are dramatically less dependent on ad revenue than CNN and MSNBC.
- They're deeply dependent on other people's judgment.
Examples
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Developing economies, many of which are particularly dependent on oil, will also be hurt.
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Ultimately, our success is dependent on their success.
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Therefore, the value of Y is dependent on the value of X.
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The economy at home was more and more dependent on the black gold of oil.
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So, you know, we're just more dependent on solar and wind.
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And my value is entirely dependent on the quality of my decisions.
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Whereas her brothers are totally dependent on their father for their wealth.
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Throughout human history, we have been dependent on machines to survive.
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Russia and the Russian economy is far more dependent on Europe than vice versa.
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Our project is dependent on the team's ability to meet the deadline.
Synonyms
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2.8
Controlled by another thing or condition
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3.4
Something else decides it, for example a condition like the weather
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4.0
Needing someone or something to work
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6.8
Depending on something that must happen first
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6.4
Dependent on something else or on certain conditions
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6.4
Dependent on a condition or on something happening
Depends on one main thing or condition
Antonyms
How Dependent
Surface Forms
Morphology
The adjective 'dependent' already encodes the idea of being conditioned or influenced by something, and the preposition 'on' simply marks the factor on which reliance occurs; together they form a directly compositional meaning. This is a common, cross-linguistically transparent pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
The phrase dependent on comes from the image of one thing leaning or sitting on another, with the dependent thing held up on the lower thing. So, if the lower thing changes, the top thing changes too, and dependent on means 'relying on' or 'decided by' something else.