Dependant Meaning
/dɪˈpɛndənt/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjObsolete spelling of dependent.
"Mrs. Smith has this morning exercised the privilege of riches upon a poor dependant cousin, by sending me on business to London."— 1811, [Jane Austen], chapter XV, in Sense and Sensibility […], volume I, London: […] C[harles] Roworth, […], and published by T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, page 177:
adjMisspelling of dependent.
"However, word-final unstressed schwa is deleted even by the speakers from South Albania, though to different degrees and dependant on the speech style[…]"— 2006 April 27, Sylvia Moosmüller, Theodor Granser, “The spread of Standard Albanian: An illustration based on an analysis of vowels”, in Language Variation and Change, volume 18, number 2, Cambridge University Press, →DOI:
nounUK and Commonwealth standard spelling of dependent.
Sentence Examples
She is a dependant of her husband.
The child is a dependant on tax returns.
He registered his daughter as a dependant on the form.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
She listed her elderly mother as a ____ on the tax form.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
She is a ____ of her husband.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
She listed her elderly mother as a ____ on the tax form.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
She is a ____ of her husband.