dependent

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a person who relies on another person for support (especially financial support)
  2. adjective relying on or requiring a person or thing for support, supply, or what is needed
  3. adjective contingent on something else

Etymology

From Middle English dependaunt, dependent, from Middle French dependant (present participle of dependre (“to depend”)) and Latin dēpendēns (present participle of dēpendeō (“to depend”)). By surface analysis, depend + -ent.

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Synonyms

dependant

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