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{
"term": "independent",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "having its own government",
"sensetop": "independent from somethingindependent of something",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "an **independent state/nation/country**"
},
{
"text": "the newly independent republics of Central Asia in the 1990s"
},
{
"text": "Mozambique became independent in 1975."
},
{
"text": "In 1961 the country was declared independent."
},
{
"text": "The country became fully independent from France in 1960.",
"contextForm": "independent from something"
},
{
"text": "Adams urged Congress to declare the American colonies independent of Britain.",
"contextForm": "independent of something"
}
],
"synonyms": "self-governing",
"topics": ["Politics"],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "become", "remain"],
"adverb": ["completely", "entirely", "fully"],
"preposition": ["from", "of"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "confident and free to do things without needing help from other people",
"sensetop": "independent of somebody/something",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "Going away to college has made me much more independent."
},
{
"text": "She's a very independent-minded young woman."
},
{
"text": "Pat has always been fiercely independent."
},
{
"text": "Students should aim to become more independent of their teachers.",
"contextForm": "independent of somebody/something"
}
],
"topics": ["Personal qualities"],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "feel", "seem"],
"adverb": ["fiercely", "very", "completely"],
"preposition": ["of"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "having or earning enough money so that you do not have to rely on somebody else for help",
"sensetop": "independent of somebody/something",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "It was important to me to be financially independent of my parents.",
"contextForm": "independent of somebody/something"
},
{
"text": "a man **of independent means** *(= with an income that he does not earn by working)*"
}
],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "feel", "seem"],
"adverb": ["fiercely", "very", "completely"],
"preposition": ["of"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "done or given by somebody who is not involved in a situation and so is able to judge it fairly",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "an **independent inquiry/review/investigation**"
},
{
"text": "an **independent commission/body/panel**"
},
{
"text": "an **independent adviser/consultant/expert**"
},
{
"text": "She went to a lawyer for some **independent advice**."
},
{
"text": "The auditing of a company's accounts is done by independent accountants."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "not connected with or influenced by something; not connected with each other",
"sensetop": "independent of somebody/something",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "The police force should be independent of direct government control.",
"contextForm": "independent of somebody/something"
},
{
"text": "Two independent research bodies reached the same conclusions."
},
{
"text": "The results were obtained from four independent experiments."
},
{
"text": "This figure is essentially independent of population size."
},
{
"text": "His system rests upon two logically independent arguments."
},
{
"text": "They are two separate, mutually independent entities."
},
{
"text": "The Institute will quickly become a fully independent unit."
},
{
"text": "His company is a target for takeovers, but plans to stay independent."
},
{
"text": "The country has pursued an effectively independent line on military issues."
}
],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "become", "remain"],
"adverb": ["completely", "entirely", "fully"],
"preposition": ["from", "of"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 6,
"definition": "supported by private money rather than government money",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "independent television"
},
{
"text": "the **independent sector**"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 7,
"definition": "not employed or controlled by a company; not created by a big company",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "She was hired to do the work as an **independent contractor**."
},
{
"text": "Farmers operate as independent producers in the sense of working for themselves and running their own business."
},
{
"text": "a low-budget **independent film**"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 8,
"definition": "not representing or belonging to a particular political party",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "an independent candidate"
}
],
"topics": ["Politics"]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌɪndɪˈpendənt/",
"audio": "in/independent/independent__gb_3.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌɪndɪˈpendənt/",
"audio": "in/independent/independent__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "early 17th cent. (as an adjective): partly on the pattern of French indépendant."
}