{
    "term": "dependent",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "needing somebody/something in order to survive or be successful",
            "sensetop": "dependent on/upon somebody/somethingdependent on/upon somebody/something for something",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a woman with several dependent children"
                },
                {
                    "text": "You can't be dependent on your parents all your life.",
                    "contextForm": "dependent on/upon somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The festival is heavily dependent on sponsorship for its success.",
                    "contextForm": "dependent on/upon somebody/something for something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "74% of people in the survey were at least partially dependent on their cars."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Jane had never met anyone so utterly dependent."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Many of the patients are closely dependent on staff for day-to-day emotional support."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Modern science is critically dependent on high-performance computing."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Small companies are dependent upon the local economy."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The country is heavily dependent on oil and gas imports."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The land is dry and wholly dependent on irrigation."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The various organs of the body do not function in isolation but are mutually dependent."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "feel", "become"],
                "adverb": ["closely", "deeply", "greatly"],
                "preposition": ["on", "upon"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "addicted to something (= unable to stop taking or using it)",
            "sensetop": "dependent on/upon something",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to be dependent on drugs"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Health problems", "Social issues"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "affected or decided by something",
            "sensetop": "dependent on/upon something",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "A child's development is dependent on many factors."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The price is dependent on how many extras you choose."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Your access to a good education is largely dependent on where you live."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The amount of benefit you receive is entirely dependent on the amount you have paid in."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be"],
                "adverb": ["strongly", "entirely", "fully"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "secondary to another clause, phrase or word",
            "sensetop": "dependent on something",
            "labels": "(grammar)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The word ‘because’ forces the clause to be dependent on some other main clause."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈpendənt/",
                "audio": "de/dependent/dependent__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈpendənt/",
                "audio": "de/dependent/dependent__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English dependant ‘hanging down’, from Old French, present participle of dependre, from Latin dependere, from de- ‘down’ + pendere ‘hang’. The spelling change in the 16th cent. was due to association with the Latin participial stem dependent-."
}