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Meaning of 'independent' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Independent [ a.]
- Not dependent; free; not subject to control by others; not relying on others; not subordinate; as, few men are wholly independent.
- Affording a comfortable livelihood; as, an independent property.
- Not subject to bias or influence; not obsequious; self-directing; as, a man of an independent mind.
- Expressing or indicating the feeling of independence; free; easy; bold; unconstrained; as, an independent air or manner.
- Separate from; exclusive; irrespective.
- Belonging or pertaining to, or holding to the doctrines or methods of, the Independents.
- Not dependent upon another quantity in respect to value or rate of variation; -- said of quantities or functions.
- Not bound by party; exercising a free choice in voting with either or any party.
2 . Independent [ n.]
- One who believes that an organized Christian church is complete in itself, competent to self-government, and independent of all ecclesiastical authority.
- One who does not acknowledge an obligation to support a party's candidate under all circumstances; one who exercises liberty in voting.

Meaning of 'independent' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . independent [ a]
Meaning (1):
- free from external control and constraint
Example in sentence:
  • a series of independent judgments;
  • an independent mind;
  • fiercely independent individualism
Meaning (2):
- (of a clause) capable of standing syntactically alone as a complete sentence
Example in sentence:
  • the main (or independent) clause in a complex sentence has at least a subject and a verb
3 . independent [ s]
Meaning (3):
- (of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces
Example in sentence:
  • a sovereign state;
  • an autonomous judiciary

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