Dependent vs. Dependency
Dependentadjective
Relying upon; depending upon.
Dependentadjective
(statistics) Having a probability that is affected by the outcome of a separate event.
Dependentadjective
Used in questions, negative sentences and after certain particles and prepositions.
Dependentadjective
(medicine) Affecting the lower part of the body, such as the legs while standing up, or the back while supine.
Dependentadjective
Hanging down.
Dependentnoun
(US) One who relies on another for support
Dependentnoun
(grammar) An element in phrase or clause structure that is not the head. Includes complements, modifiers and determiners.
Dependentnoun
(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.
Dependentadjective
Hanging down; as, a dependent bough or leaf.
Dependentadjective
Relying on, or subject to, something else for support; not able to exist, or sustain itself, or to perform anything, without the will, power, or aid of something else; not self-sustaining; subordinate; - often with on or upon; as, dependent on God; dependent upon friends. Opposite of independent.
Dependentadjective
conditional; contingent or conditioned. Opposite of unconditional.
Dependentadjective
addicted to drugs.
Dependentnoun
One who depends; one who is sustained by another, or who relies on another for financial support or favor; a hanger-on; a retainer; as, a numerous train of dependents.
Dependentnoun
That which depends; corollary; consequence.
Dependentnoun
a person who relies on another person for support (especially financial support)
Dependentadjective
not independent;
Dependentadjective
contingent on something else
Dependentadjective
of a clause; unable to stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence;
Dependentadjective
being under the power or sovereignty of another or others;
Dependentadjective
addicted to a drug
Dependentadjective
contingent on or determined by
Dependentadjective
requiring someone or something for financial or other support
Dependentadjective
unable to do without
Dependentadjective
(of a clause, phrase, or word) subordinate to another clause, phrase, or word
Dependentnoun
variant spelling of dependant
Dependencynoun
A state of dependence; a refusal to exercise initiative.
Dependencynoun
Something dependent on, or subordinate to, something else:
Dependencynoun
A colony, or a territory subject to rule by an external power.
Dependencynoun
A dependence on a habit-forming substance such as a drug or alcohol; addiction.
Dependencynoun
(computing) Reliance on the functionality provided by some other, external component.
Dependencynoun
(computing) An external component whose functionality is relied on.
Dependencynoun
State of being dependent; dependence; state of being subordinate; subordination; concatenation; connection; reliance; trust.
Dependencynoun
A thing hanging down; a dependence.
Dependencynoun
That which is attached to something else as its consequence, subordinate, satellite, and the like.
Dependencynoun
A territory remote from the kingdom or state to which it belongs, but subject to its dominion; a colony; as, Great Britain has its dependencies in Asia, Africa, and America.
Dependencynoun
lack of independence or self-sufficiency
Dependencynoun
being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs)
Dependencynoun
a geographical area politically controlled by a distant country
Dependencynoun
a country or province controlled by another
Dependencynoun
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