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In some senses, dependant is marked as obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.
dependant
/dɪˈpɛndənt/
adj 2noun 1
Collocations
4ADJ.
different, national, poor
VERB + DEPENDANT
remain
DEPENDANT + NOUN
cousin, governments, speech
PREP.
on, upon
Definitions
adj
1
Obsolete spelling of dependent.
Mrs. Smith has this morning exercised the privilege of riches upon a poor dependant cousin, by sending me on business to London.
2
Misspelling of dependent.
However, word-final unstressed schwa is deleted even by the speakers from South Albania, though to different degrees and dependant on the speech style[…]
noun
1
UK and Commonwealth standard spelling of dependent.
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Mrs. Smith has this morning exercised the privilege of riches upon a poor dependant cousin, by sending me on business to London.
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However, word-final unstressed schwa is deleted even by the speakers from South Albania, though to different degrees and dependant on the speech style[…]
Wiktionary03
Space technology will remain dependant on national governments unless we find a way to make space profitable.
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