Reliant Illustrations
Dependentadjective
Relying upon; depending upon.
‘At that point I was dependent on financial aid for my tuition.’;
Reliantadjective
Having reliance on somebody or something.
Dependentadjective
(statistics) Having a probability that is affected by the outcome of a separate event.
Reliantadjective
Having, or characterized by, reliance; confident; trusting.
Dependentadjective
Used in questions, negative sentences and after certain particles and prepositions.
Reliantadjective
relying on another for support;
‘dependent on Middle Eastern oil’;
Dependentadjective
(medicine) Affecting the lower part of the body, such as the legs while standing up, or the back while supine.
Dependentadjective
Hanging down.
‘a dependent bough or leaf’;
Dependentnoun
(US) One who relies on another for support
‘With two children and an ailing mother, she had three dependents in all.’;
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.
‘England, long dependent and degraded, was again a power of the first rank.’;
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.
‘A host of dependents on the court, suborned to play their part as witnesses.’;
Dependentnoun
That which depends; corollary; consequence.
‘With all its circumstances and dependents.’;
Dependentnoun
a person who relies on another person for support (especially financial support)
Dependentadjective
not independent;
‘dependent children’;
Dependentadjective
contingent on something else
Dependentadjective
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’; ‘the main (or independent) clause in a complex sentence has at least a subject and a verb’;
Dependentadjective
being under the power or sovereignty of another or others;
‘subject peoples’; ‘a dependent prince’;
Dependentadjective
addicted to a drug
Dependentadjective
contingent on or determined by
‘the various benefits will be dependent on length of service’;
Dependentadjective
requiring someone or something for financial or other support
‘an economy heavily dependent on oil exports’; ‘households with dependent children’;
Dependentadjective
unable to do without
‘people dependent on drugs’;
Dependentadjective
(of a clause, phrase, or word) subordinate to another clause, phrase, or word
‘a clause dependent on another clause’;
Dependentnoun
variant spelling of dependant
