independent

«independent» in Mova's school dictionary: Able to do things for yourself without needing help from… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (independent; more independent, most independent); noun (an independent — in politics)

meaning for a pupil

1) Able to do things for yourself without needing help from others. tree →

2) Of a country: ruling itself, not controlled by another country. tree →

3) Not connected with or controlled by something else: «an independent school», «an independent shop». tree →

4) (maths/science) An «independent variable» is the thing you change on purpose in an experiment. tree →

5) An independent is a person who does not belong to any party or group and makes up their own mind. tree →

sense in the lessons

In growing up and life skills lessons: becoming more independent means dressing, packing your bag and walking to school by yourself. In history: «Independence Day» (a national holiday in the USA), countries became independent. In science fair tests: change only the independent variable and keep everything else the same.

examples

• My little brother wants to be independent and tie his own shoes. tree →
• The USA became independent from Britain after a war long ago. tree →
• She goes to an independent school. tree →
• We bought bread from an independent bakery. tree →
• In our test, the independent variable was the amount of water. tree →
• Cats are more independent than dogs. tree →
• Learning to cook makes you more independent. tree →
• It certainly prevented Perrault from being a thorough scholar, though it made him a man of taste, a sincere independent, and an undaunted amateur. tree →

note

Spelling trap: «independent» ends in «-ent», not «-ant». Noun: «independence». «Independent of» means «not needing»: «independent of your parents». In experiments, the «dependent variable» is what you measure; the «independent variable» is what you change.

In the corpora

• The Haitian Revolution from 1791 overthrew slavery in the French colony of Saint-Domingue, and Haiti became independent in 1804.
• When British India became independent in 1947, it was split into India and Pakistan, with a border drawn in a few weeks.
• Ghana became independent in 1957, the first colony in sub-Saharan Africa to do so.
• In 1960 alone, 17 African countries became independent, and it is called the Year of Africa.
• Canada became independent step by step and peacefully, not through a revolution.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «independent» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.