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Synonyms for dependence
dɪˈpɛn dənsde·pen·dence
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Wiktionary
dependencenoun
Antonyms:
independencedependencenoun
He had a deep dependence on her for guidance.
Antonyms:
independencedependencenoun
Her dependence on cocaine led to her ruin.
Antonyms:
independence
Princeton's WordNet
dependence, dependance, dependencynoun
the state of relying on or being controlled by someone or something else
Synonyms:
dependance, habituation, colony, addiction, dependencyaddiction, dependence, dependance, dependency, habituationnoun
being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs)
Synonyms:
dependance, habituation, colony, addiction, dependency
Dictionary of English Synonymes
dependencenoun
Synonyms:
connection, concatenationdependencenoun
Synonyms:
reliance, trust, confidencedependencenoun
dependencenoun
Synonyms:
subordination, subjection
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
dependencenoun
Synonyms:
suspension, dependency, reliance, trust, mainstay, support, contingency
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "dependence":
dependency, addiction, reliance, unit, length, appurtenance, dependent, addictions, interdependence
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Words popularity by usage frequency
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#855 | unit | |
#1155 | length | |
#3780 | dependent | |
#6511 | addiction | |
#8851 | reliance | |
#9159 | dependence | |
#9598 | colony | |
#11116 | dependency | |
#24661 | addictions | |
#33417 | interdependence | |
#88863 | habituation | |
#124651 | dependance | |
#223810 | appurtenance |
How to use dependence in a sentence?
Being able to support oneself allows one to choose a marriage out of love and not just economic dependence. It also allows one to risk that marriage.
All charming people have something to conceal, usually their total dependence on the appreciation of others.
It's an unprecedented crisis in terms of its complexity, year on year the amount of funding has increased and yet we see humanitarian needs also increasing, so I think we need to change the model, reduce humanitarian dependence and focus more funding on early recovery and resilience efforts.
Saving reefs will require combining local and global efforts, such as reducing local dependence on reef fish to maintain a reef's important functions while also reducing carbon emissions to keep warming below 1.5 degrees Celsius.
I put emphasis on markets to the East not because we want to give up on other markets. But we definitely want to reduce our dependence on certain markets in western Europe, western Europe is undergoing a wave of Islamisation, of anti-Semitism, and of anti-Zionism. It is awash in such waves, and we want to ensure that for years to come the State of Israel will have diverse markets all over the world.
Translations for dependence
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- اعتمادArabic
- зависимост, довериеBulgarian
- závislostCzech
- AbhängigkeitGerman
- εθισμός, εξάρτησηGreek
- manio, pasio, dependecoEsperanto
- dependenciaSpanish
- riippuvuusFinnish
- dépendanceFrench
- spleá, spleáchasIrish
- תלותHebrew
- dipendenzaItalian
- atkarībaLatvian
- avhengighetNorwegian
- afhankelijkheid, nood, verslavingDutch
- ଅବଲମ୍ବନOriya
- vício, dependênciaPortuguese
- subjugare, subordonare, dependențăRomanian
- зависимостьRussian
- òvisnōst, závisnōstSerbo-Croatian
- varësiAlbanian
- beroendeSwedish
- சார்புTamil
- bağımlılıkTurkish
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