dependent
/dɪˈpɛndənt/ adjective B1- Relying upon; depending upon. · At that point I was dependent on financial aid for my tuition.
- Having a probability that is affected by the outcome of a separate event.
- Used after a particle (with one or two exceptions), such as those which express questions, subordinate clauses, and negative sentences.
- Of part of the body: positioned lower than the heart, like the legs while standing up, or the back while supine.
- Hanging down. · a dependent bough or leaf
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The inspector was himself dependent, as he explained to us, upon a scribbled account forwarded to him by the milk train in the early hours of the morning.
But she was not solely dependent on it.
Your conduct would be quite as dependent on chance as that of any man I know; and if, as you were mounting your horse, a friend were to say, ‘Bingley, you had better stay till next week,’ you would probably do it--you would probably not go--and, at another word, might stay a month.”
“Our habits of expense make us too dependent, and there are not many in my rank of life who can afford to marry without some attention to money.”
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