Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (1)
1.
used of organisms (especially of different species) living together but not necessarily in a relation beneficial to each;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Symbiotic \Sym`bi*ot"ic\ ([i^]m`b[i^]*[o^]t"[i^]k), a. [Gr.
symbiwtiko`s.] (Biol.)
Pertaining to, or characterized by, or living in, a state of
symbiosis. -- Sym`bi*ot"ic*al, a. -- Sym`bi*ot"ic*al*ly,
adv.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Dependent \De*pend"ent\, a. [L. dependens, -entis, p. pr.
dependere. See Depend, and cf. Dependant.]
1. Hanging down; as, a dependent bough or leaf.
[1913 Webster]
2. Relying on, or subject to, something else for support; not
able to exist, or sustain itself, or to perform anything,
without the will, power, or aid of something else; not
self-sustaining; subordinate; -- often with on or upon;
as, dependent on God; dependent upon friends. Opposite of
independent. [Narrower terms: interdependent,
mutualist, mutually beneficial; parasitic, parasitical,
leechlike, bloodsucking; subordinate; underage;
myrmecophilous; symbiotic] Also See: unfree.
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England, long dependent and degraded, was again a
power of the first rank. --Macaulay.
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3. conditional; contingent or conditioned. Opposite of
unconditional.
Syn: qualified.
[WordNet 1.5]
4. addicted to drugs.
Syn: addicted, dependent, drug-addicted, hooked, strung-out.
[WordNet 1.5]
Dependent covenant or Dependent contract (Law), one not
binding until some connecting stipulation is performed.
Dependent variable (Math.), a varying quantity whose
changes are arbitrary, but are regarded as produced by
changes in another variable, which is called the
independent variable.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
symbiotic
adj 1: used of organisms (especially of different species)
living together but not necessarily in a relation
beneficial to each