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in·de·pen·dent  audio  (nd-pndnt) KEY  

ADJECTIVE:
  1. Not governed by a foreign power; self-governing.
  2. Free from the influence, guidance, or control of another or others; self-reliant: an independent mind.
  3. Not determined or influenced by someone or something else; not contingent: a decision independent of the outcome of the study.
  4. often Independent Affiliated with or loyal to no one political party or organization.
  5. Not dependent on or affiliated with a larger or controlling entity: an independent food store; an independent film.
    1. Not relying on others for support, care, or funds; self-supporting.
    2. Providing or being sufficient income to enable one to live without working: a person of independent means.
  6. Mathematics
    1. Not dependent on other variables.
    2. Of or relating to a system of equations no one of which can be derived from another equation in the system.
  7. Independent Of or relating to the 17th-century English Independents.
NOUN:
  1. often Independent One that is independent, especially a voter, officeholder, or political candidate who is not committed to a political party.
  2. Independent A member of a movement in England in the 17th century advocating the political and religious independence of individual congregations.
  3. Independent Chiefly British A Congregationalist.


OTHER FORMS:
inde·pendent·ly (Adverb)


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