DEPENDENCE


Meaning of DEPENDENCE in English

1.

Your ~ on something or someone is your need for them in order to succeed or be able to survive.

...the city’s traditional ~ on tourism...

= reliance

N-UNCOUNT: usu N on n

2.

If you talk about drug ~ or alcohol ~, you are referring to a situation where someone is addicted to drugs or is an alcoholic.

= addiction

N-UNCOUNT: usu n N

3.

You talk about the ~ of one thing on another when the first thing will be affected or determined by the second.

...the ~ of circulation on production.

N-UNCOUNT: usu with supp

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