Dependent

What do we mean by dependent?

Determined, influenced, or controlled by something else. adjective

Subordinate to another clause, phrase, or word. adjective

Relying on or requiring the aid or support of another. adjective

Compulsively using a drug or other substance or engaging in a given behavior and unable to stop without experiencing withdrawal or other significant physiological or psychological symptoms. adjective

Hanging down. adjective

One who relies on another, especially for financial support. noun

Hanging down; pendent: as, a dependent leaf.

Subordinate; subject to, under the control of, or needing aid from some extraneous source: as, the dependent condition of childhood; all men are largely dependent upon one another.

Contingent; resultant; derived from as a source; related to some ground or condition: as, an effect may be dependent on some unknown cause.

Relative: as, dependent beauty (which see, under beauty).

In law, conditioned on something else: as, the covenant of the purchaser of land to pay for it is usually so expressed in the contract of purchase as to be dependent on performance of the vendor's covenant to convey. Such covenants are usually mutually dependent.

One who depends on or looks to another for support or favor; a retainer: as, the prince was followed by a numerous train of dependents. noun

That which depends on something else; a consequence; a corollary. noun

As the spelling of this class of words depends solely upon whether they happen to be regarded as derived directly from the French or directly from the Latin, and as usage is divided, there is no good reason for insisting upon a distinction in spoiling between the noun and the adjective, as is done by many, the former being spelled dependant and the latter dependent. noun

One who depends; one who is sustained by another, or who relies on another for financial support or favor; a hanger-on; a retainer. noun

That which depends; corollary; consequence. noun

Hanging down. adjective

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. Opposite of independent. adjective

Conditional; contingent or conditioned. Opposite of unconditional. adjective

Addicted to drugs. adjective

One who relies on another for support

(grammar) An element in phrase or clause structure that is not the head. Includes complements, modifiers and determiners.

(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.

What we all are at least some point in our lives. Especially during infancy. Urban Dictionary

Someone that takes an ink pen from somebody else and never returns it. The depender uses various techniques such as asking to borrow a pen then keeping it or helping themself to a pen that was left unattended. This results in the owner of the missing pen being left without one. Urban Dictionary

It depends applies to probably everything. just cause you gangsta dont mean you from the ghetto, and just cause you're from the suburbs doesnt mean you're rich/middle class Urban Dictionary

Capable of being depended on; worthy of trust; reliable: Urban Dictionary

Diapers for the elderly who have lost control of their bladder due to old age. (Can also be used figuratively to make fun of someone with a small bladder or someone who frequently wets their pants/bed.) Urban Dictionary

1. Padded undergarments used to minimise discomfort and embarrassment of sufferers from weak bladders. 2. May also be used during intense moments of laughter. 3. A call-out term after hearing a funny joke. Urban Dictionary

A substitute for underwear that people can pee or poop in without using the bathroom Urban Dictionary

Interviewer: Dick Cheney, do you wear boxers, or briefs? Urban Dictionary

The pussified term a full blown addict uses to describe their habit. People who admit to having a “dependency” are almost always just trying to tip-toe around using the word “addiction”. Urban Dictionary

Some big ass diapers! Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to dependent:
dependent, dependant, independent, despondent, defendant, dependence, decedent, dependency, deponent, descendent, pendent, codependent, depending, impendent, dependents, decendant, depended, cependant, depender, depende.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word dependent:
origination, variable, clauses, variables, dependence, upon, clause, territories, agriculture, verb, factors, irrigation, availability, parameters, demands, survival, temperature, describing, crops, equation, voltage, tourism, farming, depends, protein, proteins, type, concentration, linear, specific.

Words that rhyme with dependent:
independent, attendant, transcendent, descendant, resplendent, defendant, pendant, superintendent, ascendant, descendent, interdependent, splendent, flight attendant, superintendant, hospital attendant, overdependent, school superintendent, restaurant attendant, append hint.

Adjectives that are often used to describe dependent:
temperature, state, antibody, time, camp, frequency, context, calmodulin, calcium, voltage, limited, insulin, cyclin, independent, hormone, spin, rna, variable, atp, density, size, complement, physical, defective, cgmp, nucleotide, dose, endothelium, subnetwork, non, reference, concentration, location, position, light, helper, device, range, pressure, depth, intensity, conformation, passive, amplitude, history, structure, anchorage, cell, polarization, oxygen, level, content, path, sodium, amp, scale, glucose, response, cycle, androgen, controlled, flow, velocity, ige, stress, orientation, acth, distance, sequence, mood, aid, phospholipid, cyclic, marine, parameter, load, application, phase, pituitary, phosphate, brave, word, wavelength, contingent, monophosphate, hypnotic, ligand, environment, experience.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective dependent:
variables, variable, children, kinase, mellitus, diabetes, manner, clause, changes, effects, clauses, position, child, relationship, patients, measures, behavior, activity, factors, process, kinases, person, processes, cytotoxicity, activation, mechanism, channels, measure, territories, polymerase, origination, properties, increase, phosphorylation, pathway, persons, status, mechanisms, parts, regulation, function, functions, model, inhibition, enzymes, fashion, diabetics, response, individuals, responses, transport, relationships, factor, reactions, relaxation, protein, expression, pathways, peoples, equation, parameters, portion, release, models, enzyme, edema, selection, patient, reaction, disorder, economy, synthesis, uptake, reduction, being, families, decrease, parents.

Consonant match to dependent:
dependant.

Words that sound like dependent:
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