Dependent - English meaning

Dependent – definitions in English dictionary

adjective
Contingent on or determined by.
Usage examples:
The various benefits will be dependent on length of service
Synonims:
Conditional on Contingent on Based on Depending on Resting on Hanging on Hingeing on Subject to Determined by Controlled by Influenced by Swayed by Resultant from
adjective
Requiring someone or something for financial or other support.
Usage examples:
An economy heavily dependent on oil exports
Synonims:
Reliant on Relying on Counting on Leaning on Supported by Sustained by
adjective
(of a clause, phrase, or word) subordinate to another clause, phrase, or word.
Usage examples:
A clause dependent on another clause

noun
Variant spelling of dependant.

noun
A person who relies on another, especially a family member, for financial support.
Usage examples:
A single man with no dependants
Synonims:
Child Minor Ward Charge Protégé Relative Family member Hanger-on Parasite Offspring Progeny Fosterling

noun
A person who is financially supported by another person
Usage examples:
Jack and marion have four dependents., she has three dependent children., west virginia’s economy i…

Dependent translation into English

Dependent: translate from English into Chinese

依赖的, 属, 依赖他人者

Dependent: translate from English into Dutch

Afhankelijk, Ondergeschikt, Afhankelijke persoon, Afhangend, Onderhorig

Dependent: translate from English into French

Dépendant, Subordonné

Dependent: translate from English into German

Abhängig, Abhängige, Unselbständig, Unselbstständig, Untergeordnet

Dependent: translate from English into Hindi

आश्रित, निर्भर, अधीन, सेवक, अधीनस्था, शासनाधीन, अवलंबित होनेवाला, मुहताज, परमुखापेक्षी, मातहत, जागीरदार, ताबेदार, दास, अनुजीवी, परतंत्र, पराधीन, अवलम्बित

Dependent: translate from English into Italian

Dipendente, Subordinato, Persona a carico, Soggetto

Dependent: translate from English into Korean

매달린, 입, 의지하는, 의존하는, ...에 좌우되는, 남에게 의지하여 사는 사람

Dependent: translate from English into Russian

Зависимый, Зависящий, Иждивенец, Подчиненный, Подневольный, Находящийся на иждивении, Подвластный, Ниспадающий, Служащий

Dependent: translate from English into Spanish

Dependiente, Subordinado, Familiar dependiente, Familiar, Trabajador

Word origin

late Middle English (denoting a dependency): from Old French, literally ‘hanging down from’, present participle of dependre (see depend).

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Dependent – similar words

dependable

adjective
Trustworthy and reliable.
Usage examples:
A dependable supply of cold beer

adjective
Deserving of trust or confidence
Usage examples:
I need a dependable baby-sitter.

Dependable - all meanings in English

dependability

noun
The quality of being trustworthy and reliable.
Usage examples:
The brand has built its reputation on rock-solid dependability

noun
The quality of being able to be trusted and being very likely to do what people expect
Usage examples:
The car offers value for money, comfort, and dependability., thomas' teammates appreciated his depe…

Dependability - all meanings in English

depend

verb
Be controlled or determined by.
Usage examples:
Differences in earnings depended on a wide variety of factors

verb
To be influenced or determined by something else
Usage examples:
All of this depends on how the test is constructed., “do you eat out at lunchtime?” “well, it depen…

Depend - all meanings in English

Dependent synonims

charge

verb
Demand (an amount) as a price for a service rendered or goods supplied.
Usage examples:
Wedding planners may charge an hourly fee of up to £150

noun
A price asked for goods or services.
Usage examples:
Our standard charge for a letter is £25

noun
An ambassador's deputy.

Charge - all meanings in English

child

noun
A young human being below the age of puberty or below the legal age of majority.
Usage examples:
She'd been playing tennis since she was a child

noun
A person from the time of birth until he or she is an adult, or a son or daughter of any age
Usage examples:
Jan has a three-year-old child and two school-age children., now in their 60s, jerome and sally hav…

Child - all meanings in English

fosterling

noun
A child who is fostered or adopted.
Usage examples:
His son and fosterlings were well received in the town.

Fosterling - all meanings in English

hanger-on

noun
A person who tries to be friendly and spend time with rich or important people to get some advantage
Usage examples:
Wherever there are rock stars, there are always hangers-on.

Hanger-on - all meanings in English

minor

adjective
Lesser in importance, seriousness, or significance.
Usage examples:
She requested a number of minor alterations

noun
A person under the age of full legal responsibility.
Usage examples:
The court would take account of the minor's wishes

verb
Short for minor suit.
Usage examples:
A bid of two no trumps shows strength in the minors

Minor - all meanings in English

offspring

noun
A person's child or children.
Usage examples:
The offspring of middle-class parents

noun
The young of an animal, or a person’s children
Usage examples:
Champion horses have numerous offspring.

Offspring - all meanings in English

parasite

noun
An organism that lives in or on an organism of another species (its host) and benefits by deriving nutrients at the other's expense.
Usage examples:
The parasite attaches itself to the mouths of fishes

noun
An animal or plant that lives on or in another animal or plant of a different type and feeds from it

Parasite - all meanings in English

progeny

noun
A descendant or the descendants of a person, animal, or plant; offspring.
Usage examples:
Shorthorn cattle are highly effective in bestowing their characteristics on their progeny

Progeny - all meanings in English

protege

noun
A person who is guided and supported by an older and more experienced or influential person.
Usage examples:
Ruskin submitted his protégé's name for election

noun
Someone who is helped, taught, or protected by an important or more experienced person

Protege - all meanings in English

relative

adjective
Considered in relation or in proportion to something else.
Usage examples:
The relative effectiveness of the various mechanisms is not known

noun
A person connected by blood or marriage.
Usage examples:
Much of my time is spent visiting relatives

adjective
As judged or measured in comparison with something else
Usage examples:
We considered the relative merits of flying to washington or taking the train., relative to (= cons…

Relative - all meanings in English

ward

noun
A separate room in a hospital, typically one allocated to a particular type of patient.
Usage examples:
A children's ward

verb
Any of the internal ridges or bars in a lock which prevent the turning of any key which does not have grooves of corresponding form or size.

suffix
(forming adverbs) towards the specified place or direction.
Usage examples:
Eastwards

Ward - all meanings in English

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