independent
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: government
hobbies
lifestyle
politics
sports
Etymology: From French indépendant, equivalent to in- + dependent.
Base: dependent
Affixes: in-
Inflected forms:
form: more independent
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most independent
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: independents
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free.
pos: adj
examples: Niinisto pointed out that he had already told Putin at their first meeting in 2012 that “each independent nation would maximize its own security.”
“That is still the case. By joining NATO, Finland will strengthen its own security and assume its responsibilities. It is not something away from anybody,” Niinisto said.
gloss: Not affiliated with any political party.
pos: adj
examples: the independent candidate
At one point in the debate, the moderator asked a tough question that had the candidates stumped.
Moderator: "This question is for both of the candidates. Those ever-important independent voters who haven’t decided who to vote for would like to know what the real differences between you two are."
Gore: "I think the real difference between Governor Bush and I is that he is in fact a Republican, and I am currently a Democrat."
Moderator: "That doesn’t really answer the question, I am talking about issues."
Bush: "No, he is right. I am a Republican, and he is a Democrat."
Joe Biden is making a clear attempt to appeal to disaffected Republicans and independent voters in the final weeks of the election, promising he’d be a president that would work hard not just for those who support him, but also for those who do not.
gloss: Providing a comfortable livelihood.
pos: adj
examples: an independent property
gloss: Not subject to bias or influence; self-directing.
pos: adj
examples: a man of an independent mind
gloss: Separate from; exclusive; irrespective.
pos: adj
examples: That obligation in general, under which we conceive ourselves bound to obey a law, independent of those resources which the law provides for its own enforcement.
gloss: A candidate or voter not affiliated with any political party, a freethinker, free of a party platform.
pos: noun
examples: “Independents opposed the bill by around a 3-to-1 margin … The KFF and Fox News polls – the ones with the fewest undecideds – showed 7 in 10 independents opposed it,” Blake wrote.
gloss: A neutral or uncommitted person.
pos: noun
gloss: A small, privately owned business.
pos: noun
examples: It’s a great hub for shopping: the high street is pedestrianised and many of the town’s 600-odd listed buildings house fabulous independents – speciality food stores, cafes, antique shops, clothing boutiques.
gloss: A team not affiliated with any league or conference.
pos: noun
Synonyms: autonomous
free
self-standing
substantive
crossbencher
Antonyms: contingent
dependent
Related words: depend
dependence
dependently
independence
pendant
pending
Derived words: act of independent significance
affinely independent
algebraically independent
case-independent
case independent
Commonwealth of Independent States
defense-independent pitching statistics
independency
independent city
independent clause
independent contractor
independent counsel
independent function
independent genitive
Independentism
independentism
independentist
independentization
independentize
independently
independent means
independent mini-nation
Independent Olympic Participant
independent possessive
independent scholar
independent set
independent variable
language-independent
linearly independent
mini-independent country
nonindependent
platform-independent
position-independent code
position-independent executable
pseudoindependent
quasi-independent
redundant array of independent disks
semi-independent
teal independent
time-independent
time-independent Markovian type
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