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Dictionary definition for: Dependent
1. (n) a person who relies on another person for support (especially financial support)
2. (a) not independent; "dependent children"
3. (s) contingent on something else
4. (a) of a clause; unable to stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence; "a subordinate (or dependent) clause functions as a noun or adjective or adverb within a sentence"
5. (s) being under the power or sovereignty of another or others; "subject peoples" "a dependent prince"
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