n. 25B6; adjective
your placement is dependent on her decision : CONDITIONAL, contingent, based; subject to, determined by, influenced by.
the army is dependent on volunteers : RELIANT ON, relying on, counting on; sustained by.
she is dependent on drugs : ADDICTED TO, reliant on; informal hooked on.
he is ill and dependent : RELIANT, needy; helpless, weak, infirm, invalid, incapable; debilitated, disabled.
a UK dependent territory : SUBSIDIARY, subject; satellite, ancillary; puppet.