- the state of needing the help and support of somebody/something in order to survive or be successful
- Our relationship was based on mutual dependence.
- financial/economic dependence
- dependence on/upon somebody/something his dependence on his parents
- the dependence of Europe on imported foods
Extra Examples- The government wants to reduce industry's dependence on coal.
- a heavy dependence on imported materials
- her economic dependence on her husband
- his total dependence on his family
- Their relationship is based on a strong mutual dependence.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- great
- heavy
- absolute
- …
- have
- increase
- reduce
- …
- dependence on
- dependence upon
- (also dependency)the state of being addicted to something (= unable to stop taking or using it)
- drug/alcohol dependence
- dependence on alcohol
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- alcohol
- drug
- nicotine
- …
- dependence on
- dependence of A and B (specialist) the fact of one thing being affected by another
- the close dependence of soil and landforms
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘hanging down or something that hangs down’): from Old French dependance, from the verb dependre, from Latin dependere, from de- ‘down’ + pendere ‘hang’.
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