āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
dependent
/dÉĒËpÉndÉnt/
dependent
01
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻāĻ°āĻļā§āĻ˛, āĻāĻļā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¤
unable to survive, succeed, or stay healthy without someone or something
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Despite years of living independently, he still felt emotionally dependent on his childhood friends.
āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ§ā§āĻ¨āĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻāĻ°āĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻ¸āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦā§āĻ, āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻāĻ¨āĻ āĻāĻŦā§āĻāĻāĻ¤āĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻļā§āĻļāĻŦā§āĻ° āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻĒāĻ° āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻāĻ°āĻļā§āĻ˛ āĻŦā§āĻ§ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
She's dependent on caffeine to get through the day.
āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨ āĻāĻžāĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ¸ā§ āĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻĢā§āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻĒāĻ° āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻāĻ°āĻļā§āĻ˛āĨ¤
03
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻāĻ°āĻļā§āĻ˛, āĻļāĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻ§ā§āĻ¨
determined by or needing something else
Dialect
American
American
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
She was financially dependent on her parents while attending university.
āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ˛āĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻž-āĻŽāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻ° āĻāĻĒāĻ° āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻāĻ°āĻļā§āĻ˛ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
04
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻāĻ°āĻļā§āĻ˛, āĻ āĻ§ā§āĻ¨
(grammar) characterizing a clause that relies on additional elements, incapable of standing solo as a full sentence in its structure
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Dependent clauses often start with subordinating conjunctions like â although â or â because. â
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻāĻ°āĻļā§āĻ˛ āĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻļāĻ "āĻ¯āĻĻāĻŋāĻ" āĻŦāĻž "āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻŖ" āĻāĻ° āĻŽāĻ¤ā§ āĻ
āĻ§āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻ¨ āĻ¸āĻāĻ¯ā§āĻ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻļā§āĻ°ā§ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤
05
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻāĻ°āĻļā§āĻ˛, āĻāĻ§ā§āĻ¨
being under the power or sovereignty of another or others
06
āĻā§āĻ˛āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤, āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻāĻŋāĻ¤
held from above and hanging down
Dependent
01
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻāĻ°āĻļā§āĻ˛, āĻāĻļā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋ
a person who relies on another person for support (especially financial support)
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
independent
dependent
depend
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
