Dependent
adjective
Needing someone or something else for support or help.
Children are dependent on their parents for food and shelter
Often appears as...
- dependent on
- dependent for
noun
A person who relies on another for financial support.
As a single mother, she has two dependents
Often appears as...
- claim as a dependent
- dependent on income
adjective
Determined, influenced, or controlled by something else.
The bus service is dependent on traffic conditions
Often appears as...
- dependent on
- dependent upon
adjective
Relying on a substance, such as a drug, for physiological wellbeing.
He has been alcohol dependent for several years now
Often appears as...
- alcohol dependent
- drug dependent
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Technical
adjective
Needing someone or something else for support or help.
Children are dependent on their parents for food and shelter
Often appears as...
- dependent on
- dependent for
noun
A person who relies on another for financial support.
As a single mother, she has two dependents
Often appears as...
- claim as a dependent
- dependent on income
adjective
Determined, influenced, or controlled by something else.
The bus service is dependent on traffic conditions
Often appears as...
- dependent on
- dependent upon
adjective
Relying on a substance, such as a drug, for physiological wellbeing.
He has been alcohol dependent for several years now
Often appears as...
- alcohol dependent
- drug dependent
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Emotional Weight
The word conveys a sense of vulnerability when someone relies heavily on others.
An orphan may become dependent on the kindness of strangers.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Always Negative
Being dependent isn't always bad; it can suggest a natural need for support.
Calves are naturally dependent on their mothers for nutrition.
Pro Tip 1/2Emotional Weight
The word conveys a sense of vulnerability when someone relies heavily on others.
An orphan may become dependent on the kindness of strangers.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Always Negative
Being dependent isn't always bad; it can suggest a natural need for support.
Calves are naturally dependent on their mothers for nutrition.
Pro Tip 1/2Emotional Weight
The word conveys a sense of vulnerability when someone relies heavily on others.
An orphan may become dependent on the kindness of strangers.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Always Negative
Being dependent isn't always bad; it can suggest a natural need for support.
Calves are naturally dependent on their mothers for nutrition.
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What can you learn from...
dependent on where they lived and what they ate. So by analyzing these isotopes, we can draw direct inferences regarding the diet and location of historic people. Not only that, but during life, bones undergo a constant cycle of remodeling. So if someone moves from one place to another,
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The Water Crisis PIPE...
and is that helpful for for replenishing the aquifers it is there's infiltration to the aquifers through the riverbed and the surrounding area and that's important too because we really want to manage our groundwater for the very long term phoenix used to be very dependent on
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Do we really need...
They've become an essential part of our food system. As populations have grown, monoculture, single crop farming, has helped us feed people efficiently. But it's also left our food vulnerable to extensive attack by pests. In turn, we've become more dependent on pesticides.
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Why is biodiversity so...
The forest can stay resilient and recover from change. But that's not true in every case. In some environments, taking away just one important component can undermine the entire system. Take coral reefs, for instance. Many organisms in a reef are dependent on the coral.
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What does it mean to be...
of inconsistent and discriminatory treatment. They're increasingly obliged to rebuild their lives in the face of xenophobia and racism. And all too often, they aren't permitted to enter the work force and are fully dependent on humanitarian aid.
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Predictions of tech's...
i have a strange life in in one other way as well which is that i'm entirely uh not only am i entirely dependent on my own efforts to make my income i think many of you are probably in that in that category but also i have a way
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Is Your Perfume Made...
I mean, it's a valuable bio resource. Many people's livelihoods are dependent on agarwood. And there is possibility to carry it out as plantations. If we are able to protect the trees in the wild and replenish
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Chimamanda Ngozi...
Like our economic and political worlds, stories too are defined by the principle of How they are told, who tells them, when they're told, how many stories are told, are really dependent on power.
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What "Orwellian" really...
leaving the individual completely dependent on the State's definition of reality itself. The result is a world in which even the privacy of one's own thought process is violated,
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The Impact of Keeping...
Keeping fish can be an amazing experience. It's also a really important economy for many people who are dependent on this trade for their livelihoods.
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What can you learn from...
dependent on where they lived and what they ate. So by analyzing these isotopes, we can draw direct inferences regarding the diet and location of historic people. Not only that, but during life, bones undergo a constant cycle of remodeling. So if someone moves from one place to another,
Video examples
The Water Crisis PIPE...
and is that helpful for for replenishing the aquifers it is there's infiltration to the aquifers through the riverbed and the surrounding area and that's important too because we really want to manage our groundwater for the very long term phoenix used to be very dependent on
Video examples
Do we really need...
They've become an essential part of our food system. As populations have grown, monoculture, single crop farming, has helped us feed people efficiently. But it's also left our food vulnerable to extensive attack by pests. In turn, we've become more dependent on pesticides.
Video examples
Why is biodiversity so...
The forest can stay resilient and recover from change. But that's not true in every case. In some environments, taking away just one important component can undermine the entire system. Take coral reefs, for instance. Many organisms in a reef are dependent on the coral.
Video examples
What does it mean to be...
of inconsistent and discriminatory treatment. They're increasingly obliged to rebuild their lives in the face of xenophobia and racism. And all too often, they aren't permitted to enter the work force and are fully dependent on humanitarian aid.
Video examples
Predictions of tech's...
i have a strange life in in one other way as well which is that i'm entirely uh not only am i entirely dependent on my own efforts to make my income i think many of you are probably in that in that category but also i have a way
Video examples
Is Your Perfume Made...
I mean, it's a valuable bio resource. Many people's livelihoods are dependent on agarwood. And there is possibility to carry it out as plantations. If we are able to protect the trees in the wild and replenish
Video examples
Chimamanda Ngozi...
Like our economic and political worlds, stories too are defined by the principle of How they are told, who tells them, when they're told, how many stories are told, are really dependent on power.
Video examples
What "Orwellian" really...
leaving the individual completely dependent on the State's definition of reality itself. The result is a world in which even the privacy of one's own thought process is violated,
Video examples
The Impact of Keeping...
Keeping fish can be an amazing experience. It's also a really important economy for many people who are dependent on this trade for their livelihoods.
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Hilton Als
American Writer
I was an actor for a little bit. That's when I started to understand fiction - and that one of the great things about fiction is that you're dependent on the characters as much as they're dependent on you.
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Eckhart Tolle
German Speaker
Your love is not outside; it is deep within you. You can never lose it, and it cannot leave you. It is not dependent on some other body, some external form.
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Bill Gates
American Businessman
A lot of the things that will really improve the world fortunately aren't dependent on Washington doing something different.
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E. O. Wilson
American Scientist
Ants are the leading removers of dead creatures on the land. And the rest of life is substantially dependent upon them.
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Harry Hadden-Paton
British Actor
The way a play is seen is completely dependent on the circumstances and the world in which it is received.
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Joyce Meyer
American Author
How one life turns out is not dependent on what people do to us or what they don't do for us.
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Geoffrey West
British Physicist
Everything around us is scale dependent. It's woven into the fabric of the universe.
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John D. MacDonald
Novelist
Friendships, like marriages, are dependent on avoiding the unforgivable.
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Mary Martin
American Actress
There is a world of communication which is not dependent on words.
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Peter Agre
American Scientist
Well, all life forms are dependent upon water.
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Hilton Als
American Writer
I was an actor for a little bit. That's when I started to understand fiction - and that one of the great things about fiction is that you're dependent on the characters as much as they're dependent on you.
Quote examples
Eckhart Tolle
German Speaker
Your love is not outside; it is deep within you. You can never lose it, and it cannot leave you. It is not dependent on some other body, some external form.
Quote examples
Bill Gates
American Businessman
A lot of the things that will really improve the world fortunately aren't dependent on Washington doing something different.
Quote examples
E. O. Wilson
American Scientist
Ants are the leading removers of dead creatures on the land. And the rest of life is substantially dependent upon them.
Quote examples
Harry Hadden-Paton
British Actor
The way a play is seen is completely dependent on the circumstances and the world in which it is received.
Quote examples
Joyce Meyer
American Author
How one life turns out is not dependent on what people do to us or what they don't do for us.
Quote examples
Geoffrey West
British Physicist
Everything around us is scale dependent. It's woven into the fabric of the universe.
Quote examples
John D. MacDonald
Novelist
Friendships, like marriages, are dependent on avoiding the unforgivable.
Quote examples
Mary Martin
American Actress
There is a world of communication which is not dependent on words.
Quote examples
Peter Agre
American Scientist
Well, all life forms are dependent upon water.
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