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Definitions for Overdependent
[1] relying on someone or something else for aid, support, etc.
[2] conditioned or determined by something else; contingent: Our trip is dependent on the weather.
[3] subordinate; subject: a dependent territory.
[4] Grammar . not used in isolation; used only in connection with other forms. In I walked out when the bell rang, when the bell rang is a dependent clause. Compare independent(def 14) , main1(def 4) .
[5] hanging down; pendent.
[6] Mathematics . (of a variable) having values determined by one or more independent variables. (of an equation) having solutions that are identical to those of another equation or to those of a set of equations.
[7] Statistics . (of an event or a value) not statistically independent.
[8] a person who depends on or needs someone or something for aid, support, favor, etc.
[9] a child, spouse, parent, or certain other relative to whom one contributes all or a major amount of necessary financial support: She listed two dependents on her income-tax form.
[10] Archaic . a subordinate part.
[11] excessively dependent on a person or thing for aid, support, etc
[12] depending on a person or thing for aid, support, life, etc
[13] (postpositive; foll by on or upon) influenced or conditioned (by); contingent (on)
[14] subordinate; subject a dependent prince
[15] obsolete hanging down
[16] maths (of a variable) having a value depending on that assumed by a related independent variable (of a linear equation) having every solution as a solution of one or more given linear equations
[17] grammar an element in a phrase or clause that is not the governor
[18] a variant spelling (esp US) of dependant
Words nearby Overdependent
dependentdependable, dependant, dependence, dependency, dependency-prone, dependent, dependent clause, dependent drainage, dependent edema, dependent personality, dependent variable
Origin of Overdependent
dependentFirst recorded in 1375–1425, dependent is from the late Middle English word dependaunt. See depend, -ent
Words that may be confused with Overdependent
WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, dependentdependant, dependent
Other words from Overdependent
de·pend·ent·ly , adverb
o·ver·de·pend·ent , adjective
pre·de·pend·ent , adjective
qua·si-de·pend·ent , adjective
qua·si-de·pend·ent·ly , adverb
self-de·pend·ent , adjective
self-de·pend·ent·ly , adverb
sem·i·de·pend·ent , adjective
sem·i·de·pend·ent·ly , adverb
un·de·pend·ent , adjective