Dependent : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Dependent	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dependent adj relying on or requiring a person or thing for support, supply, or what is needed; "dependent children"; "dependent on moisture" Antonym(s): independent contingent on something else Synonym(s): dependent, dependant, qualified (of a clause) unable to stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence; "a subordinate (or dependent) clause functions as a noun or adjective or adverb within a sentence" Synonym(s): dependent, subordinate Antonym(s): independent, main(a) held from above; "a pendant bunch of grapes" Synonym(s): pendent, pendant, dependent being under the power or sovereignty of another or others; "subject peoples"; "a dependent prince" Synonym(s): subject, dependent addicted to a drug Synonym(s): dependent, dependant, drug- addicted, hooked, strung-out n a person who relies on another person for support (especially financial support) Synonym(s): dependant, dependent
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dependent \Depend"ent\, a. [L. dependens, -entis, p. pr. dependere. See {Depend}, and cf. {Dependant}.] 1. Hanging down; as, a dependent* bough or leaf. 2. 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; contingent or conditioned; subordinate; -- often with on or upon; as, dependent on God; dependent upon friends. England, long dependent and degraded, was again a power of the first rank. --Macaulay. {Dependent covenant} or {contract} (Law), one not binding until some connecting stipulation is performed. {Dependent variable} (Math.), a varying quantity whose changes are arbitrary, but are regarded as produced by changes in another variable, which is called the independent variable.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dependent \De*pend"ent\, n. 1. One who depends; one who is sustained by another, or who relies on another for support of favor; a hanger-on; a retainer; as, a numerous train of dependents. A host of dependents on the court, suborned to play their part as witnesses. --Hallam. 2. That which depends; corollary; consequence. With all its circumstances and dependents. --Prynne. Note: See the Note under {Dependant}.