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Dependent

Adjective

Definitionen

1.AdjectiveRelying upon; depending upon.
"At that point I was dependent on financial aid for my tuition."
2.AdjectiveHaving a probability that is affected by the outcome of a separate event.
3.AdjectiveUsed after a particle (with one or two exceptions), such as those which express questions, subordinate clauses, and negative sentences.
4.AdjectiveOf part of the body: positioned lower than the heart, like the legs while standing up, or the back while supine.
5.AdjectiveHanging down.
"a dependent bough or leaf"
6.NounA 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."
7.NounAn element in phrase or clause structure that is not the head. Includes complements, modifiers and determiners.
8.NounThe 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.
9.Noundependent (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.
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