(dependent on/upon) Superlative for contingent on or determined by
“Such a realization of search is very dependent on the query word or phrase, as entered by the user.”
Superlative for weak and unable to support oneself
“Somebody's got to take care of my dependent old man. So I quit school, and that's what I did.”
Superlative for suspended in an elevated position
“These conditions may have triggered the severe drought in the 1920s, the time when mesic dependent willows may have begun to decline in numbers.”
Superlative for subject to another's jurisdiction
“So long as Southern Rhodesia remains a dependent territory, she will, in consequence, remain a member of the Commonwealth.”
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