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dependence
[ dih-pen-duhns ]
noun
- the state of relying on or needing someone or something for aid, support, or the like.
- reliance; confidence; trust:
Her complete reliability earned her our dependence.
- an object of reliance or trust.
- the state of being conditional or contingent on something, as through a natural or logical sequence:
the dependence of an effect upon a cause.
- the state of being psychologically or physiologically dependent on a drug after a prolonged period of use.
- subordination or subjection:
the dependence of Martinique upon France.
dependence
/ ɪˈɛԻəԲ /
noun
- the state or fact of being dependent, esp for support or help
- reliance; trust; confidence
- rare.an object or person relied upon
Other 51Թ Forms
- ԴDzd·ԻaԳ noun
- ԴDzd·ԻIJԳ noun
- v··ԻIJԳ noun
- d·ԻIJԳ noun
- -·ԻIJԳ noun
- i··ԻIJԳ noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of dependence1
Example Sentences
But they also opened new doors for other businesses, often into global supply chains that wanted to cut their dependence on China.
Mexico, with its heavy dependence on cross-border trade — the U.S market accounts for more than 80% of its total exports — has long been viewed as the nation most vulnerable to Trump’s tariff agenda.
"We have a massive dependence on social media that has taken us away from more social pastimes," he argues.
It said: "The United States must rethink its policy approach to critical mineral and rare earth element supply chains because of the risks posed by our current dependence on the People's Republic of China."
Other than the dependence that results in one eating the other, we would seem to have basically nothing in common.
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