independent

pronunciation

How to pronounce independent in British English: UK [ˌɪndɪˈpendənt]word uk audio image

How to pronounce independent in American English: US [ˌɪndɪˈpendənt] word us audio image

  • Noun:
    a neutral or uncommitted person (especially in politics)
    a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them
  • Adjective:
    free from external control and constraint
    not dependent on or conditioned by or relative to anything else
    of political bodies
    not contingent
    of a clause; able to stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence
    not controlled by a party or interest group

Word Origin

independent (adj.)
1610s, from in- (1) "not, opposite of" + dependent. French independant is attested from c. 1600; Italian independente from 1590s. Noun meaning "person not acting as part of a political party" is from 1808. Related: Independently.

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adj.

dependent

Example

1. He defended the independent media .
2. Independent record labels are thriving .
3. But the boe is independent .
4. This conversation was completely independent .
5. Is the regulator genuinely independent ?

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