Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Depending on one's self; characterized by self-dependence.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Dependent on one's self; self-depending; self-reliant.
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Examples
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I'm hoping I've trained my kids enough to be somewhat self-dependent to at least survive if I were laid up for a few days.
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Everyone is searching for a new job or wants to be self-dependent.
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Everyone is searching for a new job or wants to be self-dependent.
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I believe the world has become such, that we no longer learn how to be self-dependent.
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The latest problem/Potential matter of climate issues from energy does open up an avenue for those that think about becomeing self-dependent financially speaking.
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It makes you self-dependent and lets you explore within.
Why is literacy important to you? « Literacy « Literacy Help « Literacy News 2009
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HUD held a news conference to announce details of the 2007 Annual Homeless Assessment. 77% of homelessness occurs in cities, 70% of the homeless are self-dependent; on any given night 57% of those seeking shelter spent the previous night with family, friends, in jail, or at the hospital. 69% are men; 57% minorities; 55% middle-aged; and 13% military veterans.
OpEdNews - Quicklink: SHAME ON BUSH: The grim numbers of homelessness 2008
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But if only a few would make their own requirements, do something towards being self-dependent and useful, we shall have made real progress that word so beloved of this generation on the road to a happier and a better state.
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You see, already self-dependent on oil, the Brazilian national oil company PetroBras recently made a big discovery of oil.
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HUD held a news conference to announce details of the 2007 Annual Homeless Assessment. 77% of homelessness occurs in cities, 70% of the homeless are self-dependent; on any given night 57% of those seeking shelter spent the previous night with family, friends, in jail, or at the hospital. 69% are men; 57% minorities; 55% middle-aged; and 13% military veterans. '
OpEdNews - Quicklink: SHAME ON BUSH: The grim numbers of homelessness 2008
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