dependence as a noun: - 1
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dependence
noun
1 dependence
The state of relying on or being controlled by someone or something else.
synonyms: dependance, dependency.
Roget 749:
subjection;
dependence,
dependency;
subordination;
thrall,
thralldom,
thraldom,
enthrallment,
subjugation,
bondage,
serfdom;
feudalism,
feudality†;
vassalage,
villenage;
slavery,
enslavement,
involuntary servitude;
conquest.
service;
servitude,
servitorship†;
tendence†,
employ,
tutelage,
clientship†;
liability
etc.
177;
constraint
etc.
751;
oppression
etc.
(severity)
739;
yoke
etc.
(means of restraint)
752;
submission
etc.
725;
obedience
etc.
743.
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Roget 475:
uncertainty,
incertitude,
doubt;
doubtfulness
etc.
adj.;
dubiety,
dubitation†,
dubitancy†,
dubitousness†.
hesitation,
suspense;
perplexity,
embarrassment,
dilemma,
bewilderment;
timidity
etc.
(fear)
860;
vacillation
etc.
605;
diaporesis†,
indetermination.
vagueness
etc.
adj.;
haze,
fog;
obscurity
etc.
(darkness)
421;
ambiguity
etc.
(double meaning)
520;
contingency,
dependence,
dependency,
double contingency,
possibility upon a possibility;
open question
etc.
(question)
461;
onus probandi [Lat.];
blind bargain,
pig in a poke,
leap in the dark,
something or other;
needle in a haystack,
needle in a bottle of hay;
roving commission.
precariousness
etc.
adj.;
fallibility.
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Roget 156:
chance,
indetermination,
accident,
fortune,
hazard,
hap,
haphazard,
chance medley,
random,
luck,
raccroc†,
casualty,
contingence,
adventure,
hit;
fate
etc.
(necessity)
601;
equal chance;
lottery;
tombola†;
toss up
etc.
621;
turn of the table,
turn of the cards;
hazard of the die,
chapter of accidents,
fickle finger of fate;
cast of the dice,
throw of the dice;
heads or tails,
flip of a coin,
wheel of Fortune;
sortes†,
sortes Virgilianae†.
probability,
possibility,
odds;
long odds,
run of luck;
accidentalness;
main chance,
odds on,
favorable odds.
contingency,
dependence
(uncertainty)
475;
situation
(circumstance)
8.
statistics,
theory of Probabilities,
theory of Chances;
bookmaking;
assurance;
speculation,
gaming
etc.
621.
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Roget 46:
coherence,
adherence,
adhesion,
adhesiveness;
concretion accretion;
conglutination,
agglutination,
agglomeration;
aggregation;
consolidation,
set,
cementation;
sticking,
soldering
etc.
v.;
connection;
dependence.
tenacity,
toughness;
stickiness
etc.
352;
inseparability,
inseparableness;
bur,
remora.
conglomerate,
concrete
etc.
(density)
321.
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Roget 8:
circumstance,
situation,
phase,
position,
posture,
attitude,
place,
point;
terms;
regime;
footing,
standing,
status.
occasion,
juncture,
conjunctive;
contingency
etc.
(event)
151.
predicament;
emergence,
emergency;
exigency,
crisis,
pinch,
pass,
push;
occurrence;
turning point.
bearings,
how the land lies.
surroundings,
context,
environment
232;
location
184.
contingency,
dependence
(uncertainty)
475;
causation
153,
attribution
155.
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Dutch: afhankelijks, afhankelijkheid, gebondenheid, onzelfstandigheid
Polish: zależność
2 dependence
Being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs).
synonyms: addiction, dependance, dependency, habituation.
Dutch: afhankelijkheid, nood, gewenning, verslaafdheid, verslaving
Polish: habituacja
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