independent

[ in-di-pen-duh nt ]

/ ˌɪn dɪˈpɛn dənt /

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adjective

not influenced or controlled by others in matters of opinion, conduct, etc.; thinking or acting for oneself: an independent thinker.

not subject to another's authority or jurisdiction; autonomous; free: an independent businessman.

not influenced by the thought or action of others: independent research.

not dependent; not depending or contingent upon something else for existence, operation, etc.

not relying on another or others for aid or support.

rejecting others' aid or support; refusing to be under obligation to others.

possessing a competency: to be financially independent.

sufficient to support a person without his having to work: an independent income.

executed or originating outside a given unit, agency, business, etc.; external: an independent inquiry.

working for oneself or for a small, privately owned business.

expressive of a spirit of independence; self-confident; unconstrained: a free and independent citizen.

free from party commitments in voting: the independent voter.

Mathematics. (of a quantity or function) not depending upon another for its value.

Grammar. capable of standing syntactically as a complete sentence: an independent clause. Compare dependent(def 4), main¹(def 4).

Logic.

(of a set of propositions) having no one proposition deducible from the others.
(of a proposition) belonging to such a set.

Statistics. statistically independent.

(initial capital letter) Ecclesiastical. of or relating to the Independents.

noun

an independent person or thing.

a small, privately owned business: The conglomerates are buying up the independents.

Politics. a person who votes for candidates, measures, etc., in accordance with his or her own judgment and without regard to the endorsement of, or the positions taken by, any party.

(initial capital letter) Ecclesiastical. an adherent of Independency.

British. a Congregationalist.

Idioms for independent

independent of, irrespective of; regardless of: Independent of monetary considerations, it was a promising position.

Origin of independent

First recorded in 1605–15; in-³ + dependent

OTHER WORDS FROM independent

in·de·pend·ent·ly, adverb non·in·de·pend·ent, adjective non·in·de·pend·ent·ly, adverb pre·in·de·pend·ent, adjective

pre·in·de·pend·ent·ly, adverb pseu·do·in·de·pend·ent, adjective pseu·do·in·de·pend·ent·ly, adverb qua·si-in·de·pend·ent, adjective qua·si-in·de·pend·ent·ly, adverb su·per·in·de·pend·ent, adjective su·per·in·de·pend·ent·ly, adverb

Words nearby independent

independence, independence day, independence hall, independence of path, independency, independent, independent assortment, independent audit, independent axiom, independent clause, independent living

Example sentences from the Web for independent

The Independent, quoted the duo as saying “we have some offers but we cannot say anything at the moment.”

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The issue polls well among Democratic, Republican, and independent voters.

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For the last nine years, they have battled secular Baluch nationalists who would like to see an independent Baluchistan.

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I am reminded of the story of Senator Bernie Sanders (Independent, VT) walking along the shores of Lake Champlain.

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This is a job for independent committees, like Bowles-Simpson, not a partisan slugfest.

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Fig. 307 is a form of armature similarly constructed, but with four independent coils wound upon the four projections.

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It can therefore no longer call forth reverence, or be treated as an independent aim and ideal.

Ethics and Modern Thought |Rudolf Eucken
The marriage has since taken place, but Korea is no longer an independent empire.

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The South, indeed, had little direct interest in the peopling of the Western prairies by independent yeomen, native or foreign.

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He had no idea that the Bohemian Brethren had ever been an independent Church.

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British Dictionary definitions for independent (1 of 2)

independent

/ (ˌɪndɪˈpɛndənt) /

adjective

free from control in action, judgment, etc; autonomous

not dependent on anything else for function, validity, etc; separate two independent units make up this sofa

not reliant on the support, esp financial support, of others

capable of acting for oneself or on one's own a very independent little girl

providing a large unearned sum towards one's support (esp in the phrases independent income, independent means)

living on an unearned income

maths (of a system of equations) not linearly dependent See also independent variable

statistics

(of two or more variables) distributed so that the value taken by one variable will have no effect on that taken by another or others
(of two or more events) such that the probability of all occurring equals the product of their individual probabilitiesCompare statistical dependence

logic (of a set of propositions)

not validly derivable from one another, so that if the propositions are the axioms of some theory none can be dispensed with
not logically related, so that in no case can the truth value of one be inferred from those of the others

noun

an independent person or thing

a person who is not affiliated to or who acts independently of a political party

Derived forms of independent

independently, adverb

British Dictionary definitions for independent (2 of 2)

Independent

/ (ˌɪndɪˈpɛndənt) /

noun

(in England) a member of the Congregational Church

adjective

of or relating to Independency

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