independent

Examples

• All

• An example of an independent clause is 'She loves reading', as it doesn't rely on any other part of a sentence.

• The teacher explained that an independent clause can stand alone as a complete sentence.

• I am not designed for independent motion.

  Star Kid (1997)

• "Too often children are just left to become independent without support at 16 and without adequate money," she says.

  Academic text (2011)

• The words were introduced, independent work assigned, and spelling tests given on Friday.

  Academic text (1990)

• So your digestive system is active independent of your will, right?

• The new paradigm is each cell operates independent of the other.

  The Siege (1998)

• So a poem is not an expression, but an independent object with a self-contained meaning.

• They are totally independent elements that anybody can attain with the proper, you know, work and understanding.

• Instructional planning is not a series of independent steps or processes but an interactive and interrelated system.

  Academic text (1990)

Synonyms

S

self-contained

vsindependent

20 4.3

Complete and independent without needing anything else to work

refers specifically to a clause that can stand alone as a sentence

N

nondependent

vsindependent

4.9

Able to work or exist without help from something else

is about a clause that alone forms a complete simple sentence

Antonyms

D

dependent

• Specialized

3 3.7

A clause that cannot stand alone and needs another clause

Compounds

I

independent agency

• Formal

4 5.0

A government group in the United States created by Congress that works apart from executive departments

I

independent variable

• Specialized

2 4.9

A factor you change in an experiment to see its effect

C

Commonwealth of Independent States

1 6.8

A group of countries from the former Soviet Union that work together

I

independent clause

• Specialized

1 4.0

A part of a sentence that can stand alone and give a complete idea

L

law of independent assortment

• Specialized

7.0

Each pair of chromosomes separates independently when sex cells form, creating random trait combinations

I

Independent State of Papua New Guinea

6.1

A country in the eastern half of New Guinea island in the southwest Pacific since 1975

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Etymology