(Britain) A person who depends on another for support, particularly financial support (= US dependent).

A state of dependence; a refusal to exercise initiative. / Something dependent on, or subordinate to, something else: / A colony, or a territory subject to rule by an external power.

(intransitive, followed by on or upon, formerly also by of) To be contingent or conditioned; to have something as a necessary condition; to hinge on.

The state of being dependent, of relying upon another. / An irresistible physical or psychological need, especially for a chemical substance.

plural of dependency

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of depend

simple past tense and past participle of depend

present participle of depend

(programming) An agent that depends on another agent, the dependee; the subject of a dependency, a dependent (used in agent-oriented programming)

plural of dependant