adj.
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(dependent on)
contingent on or determined by.
- relying on someone or something for financial or other support.
▸
(
dependent on)
unable to do without:
dependent on drugs.
- Grammar subordinate to another clause, phrase, or word.
n.
variant spelling of
dependant.
Derivative
- dependence n.
- dependently adv.
Etymology
ME dependant ‘hanging down’, from OFr., pres. part. of dependre (see depend).