Main Entry:

¹de·pen·dent

Pronunciation:

\di-ˈpen-dənt\

Function:

adjective

Etymology:

Middle English dependant, from Anglo-French, present participle of dependre

Date:

14th century

1: hanging down2 a: determined or conditioned by another : contingent <plans that are dependent on the weather> b (1): relying on another for support <dependent children> (2): affected with a drug dependence c: subject to another's jurisdiction <a dependent territory> d: subordinate 3a <dependent clauses>3 a: not mathematically or statistically independent <a dependent set of vectors> <dependent events> b: equivalent 6a <dependent equations>

— de·pen·dent·ly adverb