dependence
Meaning of dependence
- the state of relying on or being controlled by someone or something else.
Japan's dependence on imported oil
late Middle English (in the sense ‘hanging down or something that hangs down’): from Old French dependance, from the verb dependre (see depend).
Information about dependence
- It is a name.
- The plural form of dependence is: dependences.
- Languages in which dependence is used:
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Hyphenation of dependence
de-pen-dence
- It consists of 3 syllables and 10 chars.
- dependence is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
dependence synonyms
Meaning dependance:
Meaning addiction:
addiction, dependance, dependency, habituation
Meaning inability to defend oneself or to act effectively:
Meaning the state or condition of being weak:
Meaning the quality or state of being exposed to the possibility of being attacked or harmed, either physically or emotionally:
Meaning willingness to obey others unquestioningly:
Meaning the action of subordinating or the state of being subordinate:
dependence antonyms
Meaning the fact or state of being independent:
Translation of dependence
- French: dépendance, addiction
- German: Abhängigkeit, Sucht
- Spanish: dependencia, adicción
- Italian: dipendenza
Words that rhyme with dependence
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