independently
independent
noun[ C ]
uk /ˌɪn.dɪˈpen.dənt/ us /ˌɪn.dɪˈpen.dənt/

independentnoun[C] (POLITICS)

a politician who does not represent a political party: （不代表任何党派的）独立政客
He left the Conservatives and stood as an independent.他离开了保守党，以独立候选人身份参选。
US
a voter who does not belong to a political party: 不属于任何党派的投票人
She is gaining support among independents who have no political preference or who lean Democratic.她正在获得那些没有政治倾向或倾向民主党的独立投票人的支持。

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Politics - general words
anti-capitalism
anti-capitalist
anti-communism
anti-communist
anti-fascism
interparty
interpellate
interpellation
interventionist
lab
on message
Orwellian
overstep
parliament
party politics
spill
statesman
statesmanlike
stateswoman
subsidiarity

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independentnoun[C] (BUSINESS)

a shop, small business, etc. that is not part of a large company: （不属于大企业的）独立经营店铺，独立小企业
The band would rather sign to an independent than a major record label.这支乐队宁愿跟独立唱片公司签约，而不是跟大公司。

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Freedom to act
(as) free as a birdidiom
agency
at willidiom
autonomist
autonomous
free hand
free pass
free reinidiom
free spirit
free-form
no holds barredidiom
non-autonomous
non-didactic
non-directed
non-restricted
the world is someone's oysteridiom
voluntarily
walk
walk freeidiom
wiggle room

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Shops & auctions
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independent | American Dictionary

independent
adjective
us/ˌɪn·dɪˈpen·dənt/
not influenced or controlled by other people but free to make your own decisions:
an independent thinker
Congress called for the appointment of an independent counsel to investigate the president.
Now that Jean’s got a job, she’s financially independent (= she does not need money from other people).
social studies
If a country becomes independent, it is no longer governed or ruled by another country.
 independent contractor
An independent contractor is a person who agrees to do a particular job for someone else for an agreed amount of money but who is not an employee:
She used to be on staff, but now she’s an independent contractor.

independently

adverbus/ˌɪn·dɪˈpen·dənt·li/
The telephone was actually invented independently by two different people at almost the same time.
independent
noun[ C ]
us/ˌɪn·dɪˈpen·dənt/
politics & government
a voter or politician who does not belong to a political party:
She is gaining support among independents who have no political preference or who lean Democratic.

independent | Business English

independent
adjective
uk /ˌɪndɪˈpendənt/us
not influenced or controlled by the government or another organization:
independent of sth/sbThe commission must remain independent of political control.
completely/fully/totally independentThe charity is completely independent of government.
The agency is an independent body which monitors standards in the industry.
an independent adviser/auditor/expert
independent report/study/research
POLITICS
not governed or ruled by another country:
an independent nation/state/country
independent from sth/sbMexico became independent from Spain in 1821.
COMMERCE
not part of a larger group of companies:
The association represents independent retailers.
an independent business/firm/store
The band signed with an independent label.
a leading independent producer of television programmes
privately financed and not receiving money from the government:
pupils from state and independent schools
not taking help or money from other people:
financially/economically independent
not involved in a situation so able to judge it fairly:
It's important to seek independent advice.
independent
noun[ C ]
uk /ˌɪndɪˈpendənt/us
COMMERCE
a business that does not belong to a larger company or group:
The industry ranges from large retailers to small independents.

Examples of independent

independent
Participants within each focus group represented a range of pharmacy types (multiples, independents and small chains).
The independents, he argues, should not be viewed as forerunners of modernity and rational bureaucracy.
The new electoral system should thus produce more party-centered campaigns at least in the sense that it makes it disadvantages independents.
Most conservative independents were younger politicians trying to win their ®rst election.
First, it gives of®cial party nominees an advantage over independents.
None of the subsequent independents from the right got as many votes as he did or managed to get more female than male votes.
The importance of local factors in the elections is most evident, however, in the large number of independents (98) who stood in the parliamentary elections.
There were several clashes between the supporters of official party candidates and those of the independents.
One plausible alternative is to neutralize the issue through the selection of independents (non-partisans) to head the two departments.
The reference category is thus weak partisans and independents who 'lean' towards either party.
There is the practical problem that we tend not to know the ideal policy positions of all independents in the system.
One obvious and feasible solution is to treat independents as unreliable, not to be counted as a part of any stable majority.
Strong partisans for example, having a more coherent approach to viewing their political world, could be expected to have a greater sense of efficacy than independents and weak partisans.
We use 'pure' independents as a dummy variable (rather than as our reference category) as they are distinguished from weak partisans and independents who lean by lower levels of participation.
We added the votes of the independents to each party because most of the independents that were elected subsequently joined the party with which they had subpact.
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