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Grammar : Adj
Spell : dih-pen-duh nt
Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈpɛn dənt



Definition of dependent

Origin :
  • 15c., variant spelling of dependant, now mostly restricted to adjectival use; see -ance. Dependent variable in mathematics is recorded from 1852.
  • adj weak, helpless
  • adj contingent, determined by
Example sentences :
  • But she could not get her mother's feeling of him as a helpless, dependent thing.
  • Extract from : « Life and Death of Harriett Frean » by May Sinclair
  • I know little of them; and happily we shall not be dependent on the result of my management.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • Nay, would his uncle, on whom he was dependent, consent to such a refusal?
  • Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • We feel ourselves so dependent on it for all that is yet to come.
  • Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • We were both too young, too dependent and helpless, to do anything but accept our separation.
  • Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
  • He was older than Dorothy, who had always been dependent upon him to a certain extent.
  • Extract from : « Roden's Corner » by Henry Seton Merriman
  • As if the good name were dependent on him, or anyone like him!
  • Extract from : « A Woman Intervenes » by Robert Barr
  • He had not learned to be dependent on his kind for companionship.
  • Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
  • What does it matter—except that it's a disgrace to be dependent on such a man?
  • Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald
  • Poor Egbert's so dependent on him—quite helpless without him.
  • Extract from : « Ruggles of Red Gap » by Harry Leon Wilson

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