Hyphenation of dependent

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word dependent? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

de-pen-dent

Definitions of dependent:

1.
A person who relies on another person for support (especially financial support)
2.
Relying on or requiring a person or thing for support, supply, or what is needed
Dependent children Dependent on moisture
3.
Contingent on something else
4.
(of a clause) unable to stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence
A subordinate (or dependent) clause functions as a noun or adjective or adverb within a sentence
5.
Held from above
A pendant bunch of grapes
6.
Being under the power or sovereignty of another or others
Subject peoples A dependent prince
7.
Addicted to a drug

Synonyms of dependent:

adj dependent, babelike, helpless, interdependent, mutualist, mutually beneficial, parasitic, parasitical, leechlike, bloodsucking, reliant, symbiotic, underage, myrmecophilous, unfree
adj dependant, qualified, conditional
adj dependent, subordinate
adj subject, subordinate
adj dependant, drug-addicted, hooked, strung-out, addicted
noun dependant, recipient, receiver

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