Dependant

Definitions: Dependant

Dependant

Adjective

1. Contingent on something else.

2. Addicted to a drug.

Noun

1. A person who relies on another person for support (especially financial support).

Date "dependant" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1604. (references)

Synonyms: Dependant

Synonyms: drug-addicted (adj), hooked (adj), qualified (adj), strung-out (adj), dependent (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Servant	Serf, vassal, slave, negro, helot; bondsman, bondswoman; bondslave; ame damnee, odalisque, ryot, adscriptus gleboe; villian, villein; beadsman, bedesman; sizar; pensioner, pensionary; client; dependant, dependent; hanger on, satellite; parasite; (servility); led captain; protege, ward, hireling, mercenary, puppet, tool, creature.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Dependant

English words defined with "dependant": dependant on ♦ minion ♦ suspensory, suspensory bandage. (references)

Specialty definitions using "dependant": Bernsteins theorem ♦ Discharge Table ♦ Family Income Supplement ♦ HANGER ON ♦ Jaz Drive ♦ Long Term Storage Dams ♦ manpower scaling guide. (references)

Domain	Title
Books	Proceedings of the Conference on the Care of Dependant Children (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Business		DTCM is also currently responsible in classification of hotels and furnished apartments dependant on amenity offered/standards being maintained. (references)
		All major Kenyan commercial banks have correspondent banks in the US. Inflation, though falling, averages 10% and is largely dependant on the weather and its effects on agriculture, on which Kenya depends on so much for its foreign exchange earnings. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Dependant" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 52.53% of the time. "Dependant" is used about 99 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	52.53%	52	47,145
Adjective (general or positive)	47.47%	47	49,740
Total	100.00%	99	N/A

Expression using "dependant": dependant on. Additional references.
Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "dependant": anchorage-dependant, carer-dependant, insulin-dependant.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language		Translations for "dependant"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Afrikaan		afhanklik (dependent). (various references)

Albanian		vasal (dependent, feudatory, liege, liege man, servant, vassal), vartësi (dependence, dependent, subordination), vartës (ancillary, dependent, menial, subaltern, subordinate, subsidiary, underling), person në ngarkim (dependent, encumbrance), i varur nga (dependent), i varur (ancillary, baggy, conditional, dangling, dependent, depending, flagging, hanging, in suspense, pendant, pendent, pending, pendulous, pensile, slavish, subject, suspended), e varur (dependent, drawn). (various references)

Bulgarian		на издръжка (dependent), зависим (adjective, contingent, dependent, subject, subordinate, tributary), подчинен (ancillary, dependent, inferior, sidekick, sub, sub-, subaltern, subject, subordinate, subservient, tributary, under, underling, vassal), подведомствен (dependent, within the jurisdiction). (various references)

Chinese		依赖 (Dependent, recourse). (various references)

Czech		závislý (addicted, dependent, reliant), rodinný příslušník (dependent). (various references)

Danish		person (person), over for hvem der bestaar forsoergerpligt (dependent child), afhængig. (various references)

Dutch		persoon ten laste (dependent), onderhorig (dependent), afhankelýk. (various references)

Finnish		huollettava (dependent). (various references)

French		subordonné, personne � charge (dependent). (various references)

Frisian		ôfhinklik. (various references)

German		abhängig (depend, dependent, dependent upon, depending, indirect, indirectly, limited, oblique, sloping, subordinate, tributary). (various references)

Greek		συντηρούμενοσ, συντηρούμενο πρόσωπο, προστατευόμενοσ (protιgι), υπηρέτησ (fag, footman, lackey, servant, server, servitor, valet). (various references)

Hebrew		�'רור (boulder, dragged, satellite, towed, trailer), � לו�" (accessory, accompanying, escort). (various references)

Hungarian		függõ (conditional, dependent, hanging, impendent, non-independent, pendent, pendulous, pensile, suspended), eltartott családtag (dependent), alárendelt viszonyban lévõ (dependent), alárendelt (ancillary, attached, dependent, inferior, junior, minor, sub, subaltern, subordinate, subordinated, subservient, tributary, underling). (various references)

Icelandic		háður (dependant on). (various references)

Italian		persona a carico (dependent), dipendente (ancillary, attendant, dependent, depending, employee, reliant). (various references)

Korean		의존하�" (Depended, Dependent). (various references)

Manx		fieaumanagh (attendant, butler, functionary, groom). (various references)

Norwegian		avhengig av (dependant on). (various references)

Papiamen		dependiente. (various references)

Pig Latin		ependantday

Portuguese		dependente (dependent, relative, subordinate), suspenso (dependent, hanging, overhead costs, pendant, pendent, pension, suspended), subordinado (accessorial, ancillary, attendant, dependence, dependency, dependent, inferior, secondary, servitor, subaltern, subject, subordinate, subservient, subsidiary, under, Valent), subalterno (dependent, inferior, meningitis, puisne, secondary, subaltern, subordinate), servidor (attendant, boy, dependent, pursuivant, servant, server, Valent), secundário (accessory, by, bye, dependent, derivative, indirect, minor repairs, rotor, secondary, Secondary era, side, subordinate, subsidiary), protegido (covered, dependent, protected, secure, sheltered), pessoa a cargo, pendurado (dependent, pendant, pendent, suspended), inferior (bad, below, blanket, bottom, brutish, catchpenny, cheap, coarse, common, corny, currish, dependent, ground floor, hereinafter, inelastic, inferior, less, lesson, low, mean, menial, minor, Nether, poor, subordinate, trashy, under, undermost, unequal, wishy washy), criado (attendant, boy, cad, dependent, domestic, footman, gospel, groom, jackal, menial, minion, servant, servitor, Valent, waiter). (various references)

Romanian		vasal (dependent, feoffee, feudatory, liege, liegeman, man, vassal), servitor (attendant, dependent, domestic, follower, footman, hind, man servant, menial, ministrant, retainer, servant), persoanã întreţinutã (dependent), adept (adherent, advocate, backer, champion, dependent, devotee, disciple, follower, hanger-on, initiate, partisan, proselyte, sectary, supporter, sympathizer, upholder, votarist, votary, zealot). (various references)

Russian		подчиненный (dependent, inferior, junior, offspring, parent-offspring, servient, subaltern, subdued, subject, subordinate, subservient, under). (various references)

Spanish		dependiente (clerk, dependent, earring, employee, sales assistant, salesclerk, salesman, salesperson, shop assistant, shopman, slave). (various references)

Swedish		underhavande (dependent). (various references)

Turkish		tabi (dependent, linked, subject, subject to, subordinate), bağlı (adherent, adhesive, affiliated, amenable, appurtenant, attached, banded, bonded, bound, cohesive, conditional, conjoint, connected, consequent, corded, dependent, devoted, faithful, germane, hooked, incidental, laced, observant, related, subject, subject to, subordinate, tied, under), başkasına muhtaç kimse (appendage, dependent), bağimli, bağımlı kimse (dependent). (various references)

Ukranian		утриманець (dependent, encumbrance), нахлібник (freeloader, sponger, tame cat, toady), підлеглий (adjective, ancillary, dependent, inferior, junior, secondary, subaltern, subordinate, subservient, under). (various references)

Vietnamese		phụ thuộc (accidental, ancillary, dependent, subordinate, tributary), lệ thuộc dựa v� o (dependent), ỷ v� o (dependent). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "dependant": dependants. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Dependant" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Debenhans, decendant, dependand, dependanyt, dependeat, dependend, dependeth, depenedant, Desenfans, devenant, digenean, dispendant, drpendent, dypendent, eependent, rependant. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-d-d-e-e-n-n-p-t"
	-1 letter: pennated.
	-2 letters: pendant, pendent, pennate, pentane.
	-3 letters: anteed, deaden, deaned, denned, dented, depend, ennead, neaten, panned, panted, pedant, pedate, pended, pennae, penned, pentad, tanned, tended.
	-4 letters: adept, anent, anted, dated, eaten, enate, ended, etape, paned, panne, pated, paten, penna, penne, taped.
	-5 letters: ante, aped, date, dead, dean, deed, deep, deet, dene, dent, etna, nape, neap.
	Words containing the letters "a-d-d-e-e-n-n-p-t"
	+1 letter: dependants.
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