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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/independent/#m1)

2) Of a country: ruling itself, not controlled by another country. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/independent/#m2)

3) Not connected with or controlled by something else: «an independent school», «an independent shop». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/independent/#m3)

4) (maths/science) An «independent variable» is the thing you change on purpose in an experiment. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/independent/#m4)

5) An independent is a person who does not belong to any party or group and makes up their own mind. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/independent/#m5)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/independent/#x1)
- The USA became independent from Britain after a war long ago. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/independent/#x2)
- She goes to an independent school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/independent/#x3)
- We bought bread from an independent bakery. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/independent/#x4)
- In our test, the independent variable was the amount of water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/independent/#x5)
- Cats are more independent than dogs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/independent/#x6)
- Learning to cook makes you more independent. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/independent/#x7)
- 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/independent/#x8)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/geography/30-the-atlantic-routes-and-the-slave-trade/18/)
- [When British India became independent in 1947, it was split into India and Pakistan, with a border drawn in a few weeks.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/geography/31-borders-why-they-are-where-they-are/12/)
- [Ghana became independent in 1957, the first colony in sub-Saharan Africa to do so.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/geography/37-how-empires-fell-the-map-of-the-20th-century/13/)
- [In 1960 alone, 17 African countries became independent, and it is called the Year of Africa.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/geography/37-how-empires-fell-the-map-of-the-20th-century/14/)
- [Canada became independent step by step and peacefully, not through a revolution.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/39-canada-a-short-story/11/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «independent» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/independent/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.