dependent

Adj

1. Relying upon; depending upon.
2. Having a probability that is affected by the outcome of a separate event.
3. Used after a particle (with one or two exceptions), such as those which express questions, subordinate clauses, and negative sentences.
4. Of part of the body: positioned lower than the heart, like the legs while standing up, or the back while supine.
5. Hanging down.

Noun

1. (US) A person who relies on another for support or sustenance, particularly financial support.
2. (US) An element in phrase or clause structure that is not the head. Includes complements, modifiers and determiners.
3. (US) 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.
4. (US) dependent (origination), in Buddhism, the idea that the existence of everything is conditional and dependent on a cause, and that nothing happens fortuitously or by chance.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dɪˈpɛndənt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: dependaunt

In summary

From Middle English dependaunt, dependent, from Middle French dependant (present participle of dependre (“to depend”)) and Latin dēpendēns (present participle of dēpendeō (“to depend”)). By surface analysis, depend + -ent.

Synonyms

subject

subordinate

dependant

subservient

pendent

depending

contingent

pendant

strung-out

slave

qualified

associated

addicted

auxiliary

provisory

dependence

hanger-on

conditional

reliant

drug-addicted

secondary

hooked

servile

indirect

junkie

minister

necessitous

needy

nodding

obedient

officer

parasite

pendulous

provisional

related

relative

reliance

serf

servant

sponger

straitened

subdued

subjugated

subsidiary

tied up

trusting

under control

underslung

wrapped up

contingent on

Sentences

The exact shape of the cavity is often dependent on how many lamps are used .

Normal heights are thus dependent upon the reference ellipsoid chosen .