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Independent - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Independent : adj
1: free from external control and constraint; "an independent
mind"; "a series of independent judgments"; "fiercely
independent individualism"; "an independent republic"
[ant: dependent]
2: not dependent on or conditioned by or relative to anything
else
3: of political bodies; "an autonomous judiciary"; "a sovereign
state" [syn: autonomous, self-governing, sovereign]
4: not contingent
5: of a clause; able to stand alone syntactically as a complete
sentence; "the main (or independent) clause in a complex
sentence has at least a subject and a verb" [syn: main(a)]
[ant: dependent]
6: not controlled by a party or interest group
(noun)
1: a neutral or uncommitted person (especially in politics)
[syn: mugwump, fencesitter]
2: a writer or artist who sells services to different employers
without a long-term contract with any of them [syn: freelance,
self-employed person]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Independent : \In`de*pend"ent\, a. [Pref. in- not _ dependent: cf.
F. ind['e]pendant.]
1. Not dependent; free; not subject to control by others; not
relying on others; not subordinate; as, few men are wholly
independent.
A dry, but independent crust. --Cowper.
2. Affording a comfortable livelihood; as, an independent
property.
3. Not subject to bias or influence; not obsequious;
self-directing; as, a man of an independent mind.
4. Expressing or indicating the feeling of independence;
free; easy; bold; unconstrained; as, an independent air or
manner.
5. Separate from; exclusive; irrespective.
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. --R. P. Ward.
6. (Eccl.) Belonging or pertaining to, or holding to the
doctrines or methods of, the Independents.
7. (Math.) Not dependent upon another quantity in respect to
value or rate of variation; -- said of quantities or
functions.
8. (U. S. Politics) Not bound by party; exercising a free
choice in voting with either or any party.
Independent company (Mil.), one not incorporated in any
regiment.
Independent seconds watch, a stop watch having a second
hand driven by a separate set of wheels, springs, etc.,
for timing to a fraction of a second.
Independent variable. (Math.) See Dependent variable,
under Dependent.
Syn: Free; uncontrolled; separate; uncoerced; self-reliant;
bold; unconstrained; unrestricted.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Independent : \In`de*pend"ent\, n.
1. (Eccl.) One who believes that an organized Christian
church is complete in itself, competent to
self-government, and independent of all ecclesiastical
authority.
Note: In England the name is often applied (commonly in the
pl.) to the Congregationalists.
2. (Politics) One who does not acknowledge an obligation to
support a party's candidate under all circumstances; one
who exercises liberty in voting.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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