Dependent \De*pend"ent\, a. [L. dependens, -entis, p. pr.
dependere. See Depend, and cf. Dependant.]
1. Hanging down; as, a dependent bough or leaf.
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2. Relying on, or subject to, something else for support; not
able to exist, or sustain itself, or to perform anything,
without the will, power, or aid of something else; not
self-sustaining; subordinate; -- often with on or upon;
as, dependent on God; dependent upon friends. Opposite of
independent. [Narrower terms: interdependent,
mutualist, mutually beneficial; parasitic, parasitical,
leechlike, bloodsucking; subordinate; underage;
myrmecophilous; symbiotic] Also See: unfree.
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England, long dependent and degraded, was again a
power of the first rank. --Macaulay.
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3. conditional; contingent or conditioned. Opposite of
unconditional.
Syn: qualified.
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4. addicted to drugs.
Syn: addicted, dependent, drug-addicted, hooked, strung-out.
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Dependent covenant or Dependent contract (Law), one not
binding until some connecting stipulation is performed.
Dependent variable (Math.), a varying quantity whose
changes are arbitrary, but are regarded as produced by
changes in another variable, which is called the
independent variable.
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Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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105 Moby Thesaurus words for "symbiotic":
accompanying, accordant, affirmative, agreeable, agreeing,
answerable, associate, associated, at one, at one with, coacting,
coactive, coadjutant, coadjuvant, coadunate, coefficient,
coexistent, coexisting, coherent, coincident, coinciding,
collaborative, collective, collectivist, collectivistic, collusive,
combined, combining, commensal, commensurate, common, communal,
communalist, communalistic, communist, communistic, communitarian,
compatible, concerted, concomitant, concordant, concurrent,
concurring, conformable, congenial, congruent, congruous, conjoint,
conniving, consentaneous, consentient, consilient, consistent,
consonant, conspiratorial, cooperant, cooperating, cooperative,
coordinate, correspondent, corresponding, coworking, ecological,
ecotopic, ecumenic, en rapport, equivalent, fellow, harmonious,
harmonized, in accord, in agreement, in rapport, in sync,
in synchronization, inaccordance, inharmony, joint, like-minded,
meeting, mutual, noncompetitive, of a piece, of like mind,
of one mind, on all fours, parasitic, positive, proportionate,
reciprocal, reconcilable, saprophytic, self-consistent,
synchronized, synchronous, synergetic, synergic, synergistic,
unanimous, uncompetitive, uniform, unisonant, unisonous, united,
uniting
Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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