independent
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2.3
- adjective
- /ˌɪndɪˈpɛndənt/
- We're independent now.
- become independent
- financially independent
- an independent contractor
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Watch on YouTubeWe are proud, we're independent, we get things done.
- We are proud, we're independent, we get things done.
- Of course, like public schools, independent day schools vary in quality.
- Each of them having an independent existence of its own.
- You have to be independent of both hope and despair.
- This sort of person needs to believe in a neutral, independent subject, right?
- We waited until we had two telescopes with independent data months apart.
- The speed that you measure for light is independent of how fast you're moving.
- Oil, gas, you know, we were energy independent with me first time and ever.
- And it creates the feeling of sleepiness independent of time of day or night.
- So your mum, your dad, your friends, me, stay independent, right?
- Many people have said to me that they were independent and strong, happy people.
- If people are too independent, it will kill the relationship.
- And being sedentary is an independent risk factor for cancer.
- And this is quite independent of how affluent.
Examples
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The U.S. Army and Navy led largely independent organizational lives until World War II.
Academic text (1999) -
People that support local music and independent film.
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As soon as we became independent, we had this problem.
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Many people have said to me that they were independent and strong, happy people.
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You have to be independent of both hope and despair.
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Well, good independent films are getting harder and harder to make.
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You're a strong, independent female.
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Teachers can encourage students to view successful musical participation as being independent of talent or family genetics.
Academic text (2011) -
Georgia was quick and impulsive, proud and independent.
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She is an independent thinker who makes her own decisions without outside influence.
Synonyms
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1.0
Able to act as you want without limits
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6.3
Free to make its own decisions without outside control
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4.3
Complete and independent without needing anything else to work
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Able to act and decide without help from others
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4.4
Can work without being connected to other things
Able to work or exist without help from something else
Antonyms
Compounds
- Formal
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A government group in the United States created by Congress that works apart from executive departments
A group of countries from the former Soviet Union that work together
- Specialized
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4.0
A part of a sentence that can stand alone and give a complete idea
- Specialized
Each pair of chromosomes separates independently when sex cells form, creating random trait combinations
A country in the eastern half of New Guinea island in the southwest Pacific since 1975
How Independent
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Independent comes from the parts in- 'not' and depend 'to rely on', so it means 'not relying on' others. That's why an independent person or body is free from outside control or influence.