Definitions for Independent

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Independent in·de·pend·ent

Spelling: [in-di-pen-duh nt]

IPA: /ˌɪn dɪˈpɛn dənt/

Independent is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 174 anagrams from letters in Independent (ddeeeinnnpt).

Definitions for Independent

noun

1. an independent person or thing.
2. a small, privately owned business:
3. 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.
4. (initial capital letter) Ecclesiastical. an adherent of Independency.
5. British. a Congregationalist.

Idioms

1. independent of, irrespective of; regardless of:

adjective

1. not influenced or controlled by others in matters of opinion, conduct, etc.; thinking or acting for oneself:
2. not subject to another's authority or jurisdiction; autonomous; free:
3. not influenced by the thought or action of others:
4. not dependent; not depending or contingent upon something else for existence, operation, etc.
5. not relying on another or others for aid or support.
6. rejecting others' aid or support; refusing to be under obligation to others.
7. possessing a competency:
8. sufficient to support a person without his having to work:
9. executed or originating outside a given unit, agency, business, etc.; external:
10. working for oneself or for a small, privately owned business.
11. expressive of a spirit of independence; self-confident; unconstrained:
12. free from party commitments in voting:
13. Mathematics. (of a quantity or function) not depending upon another for its value.
14. Grammar. capable of standing syntactically as a complete sentence: Compare dependent (def 4), main1 (def 4).
15. Logic. (of a set of propositions) having no one proposition deducible from the others. (of a proposition) belonging to such a set.
16. Statistics. statistically independent.
17. (initial capital letter) Ecclesiastical. of or relating to the Independents.

Origin of Independent

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

Examples for Independent

I'm forty-four, independent, free, a slave to no man nor monkey.

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

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

To be indifferent to it, or independent of it, was out of the question.

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

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

In no such spirit has it developed its full and independent sovereignty.

In his very first independent play he answered the scorners with scorn.

Under the eternal urge of freedom we became an independent Nation.

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