Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - independent
Independent
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adj. & n. --adj. 1 a (often foll. by of) not depending on authority or control. b self-governing. 2 a not depending on another person for one's opinion or livelihood. b (of income or resources) making it unnecessary to earn one's living. 3 unwilling to be under an obligation to others. 4 Polit. not belonging to or supported by a party. 5 not depending on something else for its validity, efficiency, value, etc. (independent proof). 6 (of broadcasting, a school, etc.) not supported by public funds. 7 (Independent) hist. Congregational. --n. 1 a person who is politically independent. 2 (Independent) hist. a Congregationalist. Derivatives independently adv.
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I. adjective Date: 1611 not dependent: as, a. not subject to control by others ; self-governing, not affiliated with a larger controlling unit , b. not requiring or relying on something else ; not contingent , not looking to others for one's opinions or for guidance in conduct, not bound by or committed to a political party, c. not requiring or relying on others (as for care or livelihood) , being enough to free one from the necessity of working for a living , showing a desire for freedom , e. not determined by or capable of being deduced or derived from or expressed in terms of members (as axioms or equations) of the set under consideration, having the property that the joint probability (as of events or samples) or the joint probability density function (as of random variables) equals the product of the probabilities or probability density functions of separate occurrence, of or relating to the Independents, 3. main 5 , neither deducible from nor incompatible with another statement , see: free ~ly adverb II. noun Date: 1644 a sectarian of an English religious movement for congregational autonomy originating in the late 16th century, giving rise to Congregationalists, Baptists, and Friends, and forming one of the major political groupings of the period of Cromwell, one that is ~ ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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