English-Italian translations for dependent

• dipendente
  L'Europa diventa sempre più dipendente dalle importazioni di energia. Europe is becoming more and more dependent on imports of energy.
  Il personale dell’impresa è chiaramente dipendente dall’imprenditore. The establishment’s staff are dependent on the head of the establishment.
  Il 10 % è completamente dipendente da quello che decide il 90 %, ossia la maggioranza. This ten percent is completely dependent on what the 90 % majority decide.

Definition of dependent

• Relying upon; depending upon
• Having a probability that is affected by the outcome of a separate event
• Used in questions, negative sentences and after certain particles and prepositions
• Hanging down
• One who relies on another for support
• An element in phrase or clause structure that is not the head. Includes complements, modifiers and determiners

Examples

• At that point I was dependent on financial aid for my tuition
• a dependent bough or leaf
• With two children and an ailing mother, she had three dependents in all.

Related words

• independent
• independently
• interdependent
• dependently
• independentize
• Independentism
• independentist
• independentism
• weather-dependent