(often + on/upon) relying on somebody or something else for support or help
She was dependent on her mother for support
(often + on/upon) determined or conditioned by somebody else; contingent
subject to the jurisdiction of e.g. another state; subordinate
having a need for something, e.g. a drug
in mathematics, said of a variable: having a value that is determined by that of one or more independent variables in a function
in grammar, = subordinate1
dependently adv
[Middle English dependant, from early French present part. of dependre: see depend]