Dependant

//dɪˈpɛndənt// adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    UK and Commonwealth standard spelling of dependent.
  2. 2
    a person who relies on another person for support (especially financial support) wordnet
Adjective
  1. 1
    Obsolete spelling of dependent. alt-of, obsolete

    "Mrs. Smith has this morning exercised the privilege of riches upon a poor dependant cousin, by sending me on business to London."

  2. 2
    Misspelling of dependent. alt-of, misspelling

    "However, word-final unstressed schwa is deleted even by the speakers from South Albania, though to different degrees and dependant on the speech style[…]"

Adjective
  1. 1
    addicted to a drug wordnet
  2. 2
    contingent on something else wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
conditionaldependentdependentdependerdependerdrug addicted

Example

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"Space technology will remain dependant on national governments unless we find a way to make space profitable."

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