dependent

noun

A person who relies on another for support or sustenance, particularly financial 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.

(philosophy) 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.

adjective

Relying upon; depending upon.

(statistics) Having a probability that is affected by the outcome of a separate event.

Hanging down.

(of Irish/Manx/Scottish (Gaelic) verb forms) Used after a particle (with one or two exceptions), such as those which express questions, subordinate clauses, and negative sentences.

(medicine) Of part of the body: positioned lower than the heart, like the legs while standing up, or the back while supine.

Roots

pendopend- · Latin · hang

Synonyms for dependent

reliantadj dependingv relyingv subordinateadj pendentn addictedadj hookedadj subservientadj

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