being dependent

  • 1Dependent personality disorder — Classification and external resources ICD 10 F60.7 ICD 9 301.6 …

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  • 2dependent — I UK [dɪˈpendənt] / US adjective *** Get it right: dependent: The usual preposition to use with dependent is on, not of: Wrong: Women in those times were totally dependent of their husbands. Right: Women in those times were totally dependent on… …

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  • 3dependent — de|pend|ent1 [ dı pendənt ] adjective *** 1. ) if you are dependent on someone or something, you need them in order to live or succeed: a married couple with dependent children dependent on/upon: They hate being dependent on their parents. 2. )… …

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  • 4dependent*/*/ — [dɪˈpendənt] adj 1) if you are dependent on someone or something, you need them in order to live or succeed a married couple with dependent children[/ex] They hate being dependent on their parents.[/ex] 2) if one thing is dependent on another, it …

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  • 5dependent — de·pen·dent 1 adj 1: determined or conditioned by another: contingent 2 a: relying on another for esp. financial support b: lacking the necessary means of support or protection and in need of aid from others (as a public agency) have the child… …

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  • 6Dependent States — ▪ 2009 Introduction Europe and the Atlantic.       For a list of populated Dependent States, see Table (Dependent States).       In May 2008 Ilulissat, Greenland, was the site of an international summit on Arctic sovereignty attended by official… …

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  • 7Dependent and independent variables — The terms dependent variable and independent variable are used in similar but subtly different ways in mathematics and statistics as part of the standard terminology in those subjects. They are used to distinguish between two types of quantities… …

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  • 8Dependent clause — In linguistics, a dependent clause (sometimes called a subordinate clause) is a clause that augments an independent clause with additional information, but which cannot stand alone as a sentence. Dependent clauses modify the independent clause of …

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  • 9Dependent and independent verb forms — In the Goidelic languages, dependent and independent verb forms are distinct verb forms; each tense of each verb exists in both forms. Verbs are often preceded by a particle which marks negation, or a question, or has some other force. The… …

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  • 10Dependent territory — A dependent territory, dependent area or dependency is a territory that does not possess full political independence or sovereignty as a State, and remains politically outside of the controlling state s integral area.[1] A dependency is commonly… …

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