depender

C2+ Topic:Word Formation & Derivatives

US /dɪˈpɛndɚ/ UK /dɪˈpɛndə/ See IPA manual

Meanings

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noun
one who depends on or relies upon another

As a chronic depender, he never made a decision alone.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · one who depends on or... dependentreliant

Word family

Related forms depend dependent dependence

Etymology

Formed from the verb depend plus the agentive suffix -er; depend is from Old French dependre, from Latin dependere ('to hang down, depend'), from de- ('down') plus pendere ('to hang').

dependere Latin pendere Latin

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Topics

Word Formation & Derivatives General Vocabulary

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# depender

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /dɪˈpɛndɚ/
**IPA (UK):** /dɪˈpɛndə/

## Meanings
1. one who depends on or relies upon another

## Examples
- As a chronic depender, he never made a decision alone.

## Synonyms
- dependent
- reliant

## Related Forms
- depend
- dependent
- dependence

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: dependere
- Root: pendere

## Etymology
Formed from the verb depend plus the agentive suffix -er; depend is from Old French dependre, from Latin dependere ('to hang down, depend'), from de- ('down') plus pendere ('to hang').

## AI Etymology
Depender has the etymological history Formed from the verb depend plus the agentive suffix -er; depend is from Old French dependre, from Latin dependere ('to hang down, depend'), from de- ('down') plus pendere ('to hang'). The ancestry passes through Latin dependere and Latin pendere. The prefix de- often marks removal, reversal, or downward motion in Latin formations, helping to explain the word's surface structure; the suffix -er marks an agent, instrument, or associated person, so the English form is shaped by recognizable word formation as well as by its inherited or borrowed base. In present use as a noun, it means "one who depends on or relies upon another", keeping the historical formation close to the word's ordinary semantic work. Related words include depend, dependent, and dependence.

## Topics
- Word Formation & Derivatives
- General Vocabulary

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