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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024in•de•pend•ent /ˌɪndɪˈpɛndənt/USA pronunciation adj. - not ruled by another country;
self-governing:That country is independent. - not influenced or controlled by others:an independent inquiry.
- not depending or contingent upon something else:Those budget changes are independent of anything the financial division might put forward.
- not relying on another for aid or support.
- refusing to be under obligation to others.
- sufficient to support one without the need to work:[before a noun]an independent income.
- Governmentnot belonging to a political party:independent voters.
- Grammarcapable of standing as a complete sentence:an independent clause.Compare dependent (def. 3),main (def. 2).
n. [countable] - an independent person or thing.
- Businessa small, privately owned business:The independents were in an economic war with the multinational oil companies.
- Government[sometimes: Independent] a person who does not belong to a particular political party.
Idioms- Idioms independent of, [be + ~] irrespective of;
regardless of:That finding was independent of anyone else's study.
in•de•pend•ent•ly, adv. : worked independently.See -pend-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024in•de•pend•ent (in′di pen′dənt),USA pronunciation adj. - not influenced or controlled by others in matters of opinion, conduct, etc.;
thinking or acting for oneself:an independent thinker. - not subject to another's authority or jurisdiction;
autonomous;
free:an independent businessman. - not influenced by the thought or action of others:independent research.
- not dependent;
not depending or contingent upon something else for existence, operation, etc. - not relying on another or others for aid or support.
- rejecting others' aid or support;
refusing to be under obligation to others. - possessing a competency:to be financially independent.
- sufficient to support a person without his having to work:an independent income.
- executed or originating outside a given unit, agency, business, etc.;
external:an independent inquiry. - Businessworking for oneself or for a small, privately owned business.
- expressive of a spirit of independence;
self-confident;
unconstrained:a free and independent citizen. - Governmentfree from party commitments in voting:the independent voter.
- Mathematics(of a quantity or function) not depending upon another for its value.
- Grammarcapable of standing syntactically as a complete sentence:an independent clause.Cf. dependent (def. 4), main 1 (def. 4).
- Philosophy[Logic.]
- (of a set of propositions) having no one proposition deducible from the others.
- (of a proposition) belonging to such a set.
- StatisticsSee statistically independent.
- Religion(cap.) [Eccles.]of or pertaining to the Independents.
- Idioms independent of, irrespective of;
regardless of:Independent of monetary considerations, it was a promising position.
n. - an independent person or thing.
- Businessa small, privately owned business:The conglomerates are buying up the independents.
- Government[Politics.]a person who votes for candidates, measures, etc., in accordance with his or her own judgment and without regard to the endorsement of, or the positions taken by, any party.
- Religion, British Terms(cap.) [Eccles.]an adherent of Independency.
- Religion[Brit.]a Congregationalist.
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