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interdependent mutualist mutually beneficial

Dependent \De*pend"ent\, a. [L. dependens, -entis, p. pr. dependere. See Depend, and cf. Dependant.]

  1. Hanging down; as, a dependent bough or leaf.

  2. Relying on, or subject to, something else for support; not able to exist, or sustain itself, or to perform anything, without the will, power, or aid of something else; not self-sustaining; subordinate; -- often with on or upon; as, dependent on God; dependent upon friends. Opposite of independent. [Narrower terms: interdependent, mutualist, mutually beneficial; parasitic, parasitical, leechlike, bloodsucking; subordinate; underage; myrmecophilous; symbiotic] Also See: unfree.

    England, long dependent and degraded, was again a power of the first rank.
    --Macaulay.

  3. conditional; contingent or conditioned. Opposite of unconditional.

    Syn: qualified.

  4. addicted to drugs.

    Syn: addicted, dependent, drug-addicted, hooked, strung-out.

    Dependent covenant or Dependent contract (Law), one not binding until some connecting stipulation is performed.

    Dependent variable (Math.), a varying quantity whose changes are arbitrary, but are regarded as produced by changes in another variable, which is called the independent variable.