English
Etymology
From Latin independens, present participle from prefix in-, not, plus dependens, dependent or literally hanging from, from verb dependere, depend, hang from, from prefix de-, from or concerning, plus pendere, hang
Pronunciation
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Adjective
en-adj
- not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free
Synonyms
autonomous
free
Antonyms
contingent
dependent
Translations
trans-top|not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free
Czech: t|cs|nezávislý
Dutch: t+|nl|onafhankelijk
Finnish: riippumaton, itsenäinen, vapaa
French: t+|fr|indépendant
German: t+|de|unabhängig
Indonesian: t+|id|merdeka|xs=Indonesian
Italian: t+|it|indipendente
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Kurdish:
Latin: independens
Lower Sorbian: samostatny
Macedonian: незави�но n (nezavisno), незави�eн m (nezavisen), незави�нa f (nezavisna)
Malay: t+|ms|merdeka|xs=Malay
Serbian: samostalan m, samostalna f, samostalno n, nezavisno n, nezavisan m, nezavisna f
Slovak: t|sk|nezávislý
Spanish: t-|es|independiente
Polish: t|pl|niezależny, t|pl|niezawis�y
Portuguese: t+|pt|independente
Farsi: �ست��
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Derived terms
independency
independently
Related terms
depend
dependence
dependently
independence
independently
pendant
pending
Noun
en-noun
- A candidate or voter not affiliated with any political party, a free thinker, free of a party platform.
- A neutral or uncommitted person.
es:independent
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id:independent
it:independent
la:independent
hu:independent
ja:independent
pt:independent
ru:independent
fi:independent
te:independent
vi:independent
tr:independent
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