прил. independent (от of); free; free-floating; ~ журналист freelance, freelancer, free-lance journalist; ~ съм be independent (of anybody), be o.’s own master, stand on o.’s own legs/bottom, paddle o.’s own canoe; be a law into s.o.; ~а държава sovereign/independent state, sovereignty, independency; ~а променлива мат. independent variable; ~а професия self-employed occupation.