Relying upon; depending upon.
At that point I was dependent on financial aid for my tuition.
Having a probability that is affected by the outcome of a separate event.
The formula for finding the probability of one event followed by a dependent event is written P(A, B) = P(A) × P(B/A) where P(B/A) is read “the probability of B given A.”
Used after a particle (with one or two exceptions), such as those which express questions, subordinate clauses, and negative sentences.
A person who relies on another for support or sustenance, particularly financial support.
With two children and an ailing mother, she had three dependents in all.
An element in phrase or clause structure that is not the head. Includes complements, modifiers and determiners.
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 an...
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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.