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How to spell dependent
What it means: Relying on someone or something.
In a sentence: The baby is dependent on her parents for food and care.
The part people get wrong
Often misspelled as dependant or dependant*.
Same family: depend, dependence, independent, independence. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.
Where it comes from: “Dependent” comes from Latin *dependere*, meaning “to hang down from,” built from *de-* (down) and *pendere* (to hang). The original idea of “hanging from something” later turned into the modern sense of needing support from someone or something else.
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