dependent

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Synonyms: dependant, despondent, independent, pendent, decedent, descendent, dependence, impendent, defendant, dependency, deponent

Antonyms: dependant, despondent, independent, pendent, decedent, descendent, dependence, impendent, defendant, dependency, deponent

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Adjective

1. [[relying|Relying]] upon; [[depend|depending]] upon.
2. {{lb|en|statistics}} Having a probability that is affected by the outcome of a separate event.
3. {{qualifier|of Irish/Manx/Scottish (Gaelic) and Modern Greek verb forms}} Used after a particle (with one or two exceptions), such as those which express [[question]]s, [[subordinate clause]]s, and negative [[sentence]]s.
4. {{lb|en|medicine}} Of part of the body: positioned lower than the [[heart]], like the legs while standing up, or the back while supine.
5. Hanging down.

Noun

1. {{senseid|en|noun}} A person who relies on another for support or sustenance, particularly financial support.
2. {{lb|en|grammar}} An element in phrase or clause structure that is not the head. Includes [[complement]]s, [[modifier]]s and [[determiner]]s.
3. {{lb|en|grammar}} The [[aorist]] [[subjunctive]] or [[subjunctive]] [[perfective]]: a form of a [[verb]] not used [[independent]]ly but preceded by a [[particle]] to form the [[negative]] or a [[tense]] form. Found in [[Greek]] and in the [[Gaelic]] languages.
4. {{lb|en|philosophy}} [[dependent]] (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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