entry-dependent
|en-try-de-pend-ent|
/ˈɛntri dɪˈpɛndənt/
depends on each entry
Etymology
'entry-dependent' originates from English, a compound of 'entry' and 'dependent' where 'entry' came from Old French 'entrée' (from Latin 'intrare') meaning 'a going in, an entrance', and 'dependent' comes from Latin 'dependere' ('de-' + 'pendere') meaning 'to hang down, to depend'.
'entry' changed from Old French 'entrée' into Middle English 'entree' and then modern English 'entry'; 'dependent' passed from Latin 'dependere' into Old French 'dependant' and Middle English 'dependent', eventually forming the modern compound 'entry-dependent' in contemporary English usage.
Initially, the roots referred to 'entrance' and 'hanging/depending'; combined as a modern compound, the phrase came to mean 'dependent on the specific entry' with no significant shift from the literal components.
Meanings by Part of Speech
Adjective 1
depending on or varying according to each individual entry (item, record, or submission).
The ranking is entry-dependent: each submission is scored according to its own criteria.
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Adjective 2
in reference works or data systems, meaning or metadata that is determined separately for each dictionary entry or database entry.
Pronunciation in this dictionary is entry-dependent; different senses of the same word may have different pronunciations.
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Last updated: 2025/08/29 10:21