Meaning

4 senses
  1. A candidate or voter not affiliated with any political party, a freethinker, free of a party platform.

  2. A neutral or uncommitted person.

    a neutral or uncommitted person (especially in politics)

  3. A small, privately owned business.

  4. A team not affiliated with any league or conference.

Examples

300 sentences
  1. I want to be more independent.

    Я хочу бути більш незалежним. — deniko

    ruЯ хочу быть более независимым. — paul_lingvo

    deIch will unabhängiger sein. — MUIRIEL

  2. He is independent of his parents.

    Він не залежить від своїх батьків. — brambury

    ruОн не зависит от своих родителей. — Hellerick

    deEr ist unabhängig von seinen Eltern. — wolfgangth

  3. Tom wanted to be more independent.

    Том хотів бути більш незалежним. — deniko

    ruТом хотел быть более независимым. — marafon

  4. I like being independent.

    Мені подобається бути незалежним. — deniko

    ruМне нравится быть независимой. — odexed

  5. He is economically independent of his parents.

    Він фінансово незалежний від батьків. — deniko

    ruОн экономически независим от своих родителей. — Lenin_1917

    deEr ist von seinen Eltern finanziell unabhängig. — Sudajaengi

Translations

1 languages

Origin

From Middle English independent, equivalent to in- + dependent. Compare French indépendant

From Middle English independent, equivalent to in- + dependent. Compare French indépendant.

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Forms

plural: independents
Singularindependent
Pluralindependents

regular

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a neutral or uncommitted person (especially in politics):mugwumpfencesitter
  • a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them:freelancerfreelancefree-lancefree lanceself-employed person

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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