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WordBand 5.5–6.5Core (NGSL)
independent
/ɪndɪˈpɛndənt/
noun1 of 2
making your own decisions; not controlled by others
- “You are old enough to be independent of your parents.”Tatoeba
- “Reality and truth are independent of whether you believe in them.”Tatoeba
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adjective2 of 2
Not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free.
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Source: New General Service List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)