independent
Từ điển Collocation
independent adj.
1 not needing other people
VERBS be, feel, seem | become | remain | make sb Travelling in Asia has made her a lot more independent.
ADV. fiercely, sturdily, very Many disabled people are fiercely independent. | completely | fairly, pretty, quite | economically, financially
PREP. of By the age of eighteen he was completely independent of his parents.
2 not influenced or controlled by anyone else
VERBS be | become | remain | make sth | declare sth In 1961 the country was declared independent.
ADV. completely, entirely, fully, genuinely, quite, totally, truly, wholly | almost, fairly, largely, virtually | increasingly | effectively, essentially The country has pursued an effectively independent line on military issues. | nominally, supposedly | newly newly independent countries | politically
PREP. from The country became fully independent from France in 1960. | of an organization that is independent of the government
Từ điển WordNet
adj.
- free from external control and constraint
an independent mind
a series of independent judgments
fiercely independent individualism
an independent republic
- not dependent on or conditioned by or relative to anything else
- (of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces; autonomous, self-governing, sovereign
an autonomous judiciary
a sovereign state
- not contingent
- (of a clause) capable of standing syntactically alone as a complete sentence; main(a)
the main (or independent) clause in a complex sentence has at least a subject and a verb
- not controlled by a party or interest group
English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary
independents
syn.: self-reliant dependent
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