INDEPENDENT
\ˌɪndɪpˈɛndənt], \ˌɪndɪpˈɛndənt], \ˌɪ_n_d_ɪ_p_ˈɛ_n_d_ə_n_t]\
Definitions of INDEPENDENT
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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a neutral or uncommitted person (especially in politics)
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not dependent on or conditioned by or relative to anything else
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not contingent
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of a clause; able to stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence; "the main (or independent) clause in a complex sentence has at least a subject and a verb"
By Princeton University
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a neutral or uncommitted person (especially in politics)
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not dependent on or conditioned by or relative to anything else
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not contingent
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Not dependent; free; not subject to control by others; not relying on others; not subordinate; as, few men are wholly independent.
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Affording a comfortable livelihood; as, an independent property.
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Not subject to bias or influence; not obsequious; self-directing; as, a man of an independent mind.
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Expressing or indicating the feeling of independence; free; easy; bold; unconstrained; as, an independent air or manner.
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Separate from; exclusive; irrespective.
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Belonging or pertaining to, or holding to the doctrines or methods of, the Independents.
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Not bound by party; exercising a free choice in voting with either or any party.
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One who believes that an organized Christian church is complete in itself, competent to self-government, and independent of all ecclesiastical authority.
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One who does not acknowledge an obligation to support a party's candidate under all circumstances; one who exercises liberty in voting.
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Not dependent upon another quantity in respect to value or rate of variation; - said of quantities or functions.
By Oddity Software
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Not dependent; free; not subject to control by others; not relying on others; not subordinate; as, few men are wholly independent.
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Affording a comfortable livelihood; as, an independent property.
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Not subject to bias or influence; not obsequious; self-directing; as, a man of an independent mind.
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Expressing or indicating the feeling of independence; free; easy; bold; unconstrained; as, an independent air or manner.
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Separate from; exclusive; irrespective.
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Belonging or pertaining to, or holding to the doctrines or methods of, the Independents.
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Not bound by party; exercising a free choice in voting with either or any party.
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One who believes that an organized Christian church is complete in itself, competent to self-government, and independent of all ecclesiastical authority.
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One who does not acknowledge an obligation to support a party's candidate under all circumstances; one who exercises liberty in voting.
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Not dependent upon another quantity in respect to value or rate of variation; - said of quantities or functions.
By Noah Webster.
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Separate.
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Not relying on, supported by, or governed by, another; having enough to live on; free; not easily influenced; uncontrolled by others.
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One who supports measures or men without connection with any organized party.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Separate.
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INDEPENDENTLY.
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Not subordinate to nor dependent; free.
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Affording independence.
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Self reliant.
By James Champlin Fernald
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Not dependent or relying on others: not subordinate: not subject to bias: affording a comfortable livelihood: said of countries not subject to any other government: self governing.
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INDEPENDENTLY.
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INDEPENDENCE, INDEPENDENCY.
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One who in ecclesiastical affairs holds that every congregation is independent of every other and subject to no superior authority.
By Daniel Lyons