Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | English word DEPENDENT
DEPENDENT
Definitions of DEPENDENT
- Relying upon; depending upon.
- Hanging down.
- (statistics) Having a probability that is affected by the outcome of a separate event.
- (of Irish/Manx/Scottish (Gaelic) verb forms) Used after a particle (with one or two exceptions), such as those which express questions, subordinate clauses, and negative sentences.
- (US) One who relies on another for support
- (grammar) An element in phrase or clause structure that is not the head. Includes complements, modifiers and determiners.
- (grammar) The 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.
- (medicine) Of part of the body: positioned lower than the heart, like the legs while standing up, or the back while supine.
- (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.
Number of letters
9
Is palindrome
No
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