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dependent
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unable to survive, succeed, or stay healthy without someone or something
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determined by or needing something else
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(grammar) characterizing a clause that relies on additional elements, incapable of standing solo as a full sentence in its structure
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not able to stop taking or using something
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being under the power or sovereignty of another or others
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held from above and hanging down
Dependent
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a person who relies on another person for support (especially financial support)
Example
The researchers discovered that the matrix was singular, indicating dependent rows.
In statistical analysis, variables can be classified as independent or dependent, depending on their role in the study.
Philosophers used analogy to reason that if the mind and body are dependent, the soul must be similarly related to both.
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