dependant

UK /dɪˈpɛndənt/ US /dɪˈpɛndənt/

adj 2noun 1

Definitions

adj

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.

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

UK and Commonwealth standard spelling of dependent.

Collocations

ADJ.

different, national, poor

VERB + DEPENDANT

remain

DEPENDANT + NOUN

cousin, governments, speech

PREP.

on, upon

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a person who relies on another person for support (especiall

dependent

adjective — addicted to a drug

dependent
drug-addicted
hooked
strung-out

adjective — contingent on something else

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

Mrs. Smith has this morning exercised the privilege of riches upon a poor dependant cousin, by sending me on business to London.

Wiktionary

However, word-final unstressed schwa is deleted even by the speakers from South Albania, though to different degrees and dependant on the speech style[…]

Wiktionary

Space technology will remain dependant on national governments unless we find a way to make space profitable.

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, dependant is marked as obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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