Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
dependent .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun See
dependent ,dependence ,dependency .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Obsolete spelling of
dependent . - noun UK A person who
depends on another for support, particularly financial support (= (US)dependent ). - noun US Common misspelling of
dependent .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective contingent on something else
- noun a person who relies on another person for support (especially financial support)
- adjective addicted to a drug
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Examples
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The La Oroya case is another example of what happens when weak governments in dependant countries allow private corporations - especially foreign - to do what they please.
Global Voices in English » Peru: Contamination in Mining Town La Oroya 2009
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One problem MCM - you will end up with heroin dependant sharks ….!! on December 23, 2008 at 7: 53 pm | Reply Joe Public
It Can’t Be……….. But It Is! « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2008
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Being someone who is currently and likely long term dependant on the kindness of others I will say that private charity worked in far more sensible manner than the government programs I am now on.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Health Insurance and the Public Plan: Where’s The Beef? 2009
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“A common thread that runs through many of the personal accounts is that they do not want to remain dependant on aid but want help to enable them to rebuild their lives, and to ensure a future free of re-victimization for themselves and for their children.”
"Hear our Voices" 2003
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“A common thread that runs through many of the personal accounts is that they do not want to remain dependant on aid but want help to enable them to rebuild their lives, and to ensure a future free of re-victimization for themselves and for their children.”
Wanderlustress: 2003
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To the young business man who falls into evil courses in the sex-relation the open greed of his fair dependant is a menace to his honesty, to his business prospects.
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The ones that are less profitable tend to be volume dependant which is to say as the installed base grows we expect those to get more profitable and we expect that the install base will grow this Christmas.
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If you double the amount of return tax credit to $7,000 per dependant, that is only going really help families at the lowest level of income earner.
John McCain: More Liberal Then Most Democrats On Economics. 2008
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Native Americans seem to be afflicted to a greater degree than Caucasians, although many of these cases are Type I insulin dependant.
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Native Americans seem to be afflicted to a greater degree than Caucasians, although many of these cases are Type I insulin dependant.
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