Definitions for dependence

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dependence de·pend·ence

Spelling: [dih-pen-duh ns]

IPA: /dɪˈpɛn dəns/

Dependence is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 85 anagrams from letters in dependence (cddeeeennp).

Definitions for dependence

noun

1. the state of relying on or needing someone or something for aid, support, or the like.
2. reliance; confidence; trust:
3. an object of reliance or trust.
4. the state of being conditional or contingent on something, as through a natural or logical sequence:
5. the state of being psychologically or physiologically dependent on a drug after a prolonged period of use.
6. subordination or subjection:

Origin of dependence

1400-50; late Middle English dependaunce Old French dependance, equivalent to depend(re) (see depend) + -ance -ence

Examples for dependence

This kind of dependence on donors is a broader, older idea of “corruption” than bribery.

And four million people self-report a dependence on the drug.

I never gave the worst interpretation of your dependence: I always gave it the highest one, the justification of your creation.

Many European countries are more vulnerable to Russian retaliation due to their dependence on Russia for their natural gas.

The greater her disappointment from them, the greater must be her dependence on me.

Consider what you are about—this work of yours is the only dependence we have in the world.

All my dependence, all my hopes, are in your mother's favour.

It was fortunate for the country, that this was their dependence.

His dependence for that must be founded in the doctrine of the other preacher.

In her talk on Wednesday, Clinton also took credit for weaning several other countries off of their dependence on Iranian oil.