Meaning

4 senses
  1. (US)A person who relies on another for support or sustenance, particularly financial support.

    With two children and an ailing mother, she had three dependents in all.

    Unterhaltsempfänger, Unterhaltsempfängerin, Abhängiger (der Abhängige)

    иждиве́нецiždivénec, иждиве́нкаiždivénka

    утри́манецьutrýmanecʹ, утри́манкаutrýmanka

    a person who relies on another person for support (especially 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.

Examples

185 sentences
  1. Don't be too dependent on others.

    Не треба занадто залежати від інших. — deniko

    ruНе надо слишком зависеть от других. — odexed

  2. Tom is dependent on his parents.

    Том залежить від батьків. — Ahha

  3. The boy is totally dependent on his parents.

    Хлопець повністю залежить від своїх батьків. — ascolto

    ruМальчик полностью зависел от своих родителей. — Hellerick

    deDer Junge ist völlig abhängig von seinen Eltern. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. He was no longer dependent on his parents.

    Він більше не залежав від своїх батьків. — deniko

    ruОн больше не зависел от родителей. — sharptoothed

    deEr war nicht mehr von seinen Eltern abhängig. — xtofu80

  5. Tom and I are dependent on each other.

    Ми з Томом залежимо один від одного. — deniko

Translations

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
one who relies on another for support:
Русский
By meaning 1
one who relies on another for support:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
one who relies on another for support:

Origin

From Middle English dependaunt, dependent, from Middle French dependant (present participl

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.

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Forms

plural: dependents

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a person who relies on another person for support (especially financial support):dependant

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

9 related words

Collocations

4 patterns
  • dependent on his
  • is dependent on
  • still dependent on
  • still dependent

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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