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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Dependence \De*pend"ence\, n. [LL. dependentia, fr. L.
     dependens. See Dependent, and cf. Dependance.]
     1. The act or state of depending; state of being dependent; a
        hanging down or from; suspension from a support.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. The state of being influenced and determined by something;
        subjection (as of an effect to its cause).
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The cause of effects, and the dependence of one
              thing upon another.                   --Bp. Burnet.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. Mutual connection and support; concatenation; systematic
        inter-relation.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              So dark and so intricate of purpose, without any
              dependence or order.                  --Sir T. More.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. Subjection to the direction or disposal of another;
        inability to help or provide for one's self; a lack of
        independence or self-sufficiency.
  
     Syn: dependance, dependency.
          [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]
  
                Reduced to a servile dependence on their mercy.
                                                    --Burke.
          [1913 Webster]
  
     5. A resting with confidence; reliance; trust.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Affectionate dependence on the Creator is the
              spiritual life of the soul.           --T. Erskine.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     6. That on which one depends or relies; as, he was her sole
        dependence.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     7. That which depends; anything dependent or suspended;
        anything attached a subordinate to, or contingent on,
        something else.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Like a large cluster of black grapes they show
              And make a large dependence from the bough.
                                                    --Dryden.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     8. A matter depending, or in suspense, and still to be
        determined; ground of controversy or quarrel. [Obs.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
              To go on now with my first dependence. --Beau. & Fl.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Dependence \De*pend"ence\, n. [LL. dependentia, fr. L.
     dependens. See Dependent, and cf. Dependance.]
     1. The act or state of depending; state of being dependent; a
        hanging down or from; suspension from a support.
  
     2. The state of being influenced and determined by something;
        subjection (as of an effect to its cause).
  
              The cause of effects, and the dependence of one
              thing upon another.                   --Bp. Burnet.
  
     3. Mutu??? ?onnection and support; concatenation; systematic
        ???er relation.
  
              So dark a??? so intricate of purpose, without any
              dependence or order.                  --Sir T. More.
  
     4. Subjection to the direction or disposal of another;
        inability to help or provide for one's self.
  
              Reduced to a servile dependence on their mercy.
                                                    --Burke.
  
     5. A resting with confidence; reliance; trust.
  
              Affectionate dependence on the Creator is the
              spiritual life of the soul.           --T. Erskine.
  
     6. That on which one depends or relies; as, he was her sole
        dependence.
  
     7. That which depends; anything dependent or suspended;
        anything attached a subordinate to, or contingent on,
        something else.
  
              Like a large cluster of black grapes they show And
              make a large dependence from the bough. --Dryden.
  
     8. A matter depending, or in suspense, and still to be
        determined; ground of controversy or quarrel. [Obs.]
  
              To go on now with my first dependence. --Beau. & Fl.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  dependence
       n 1: lack of independence or self-sufficiency [syn: dependance,
             dependency]
       2: being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that
          is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially
          alcohol or narcotic drugs) [syn: addiction, dependency,
           habituation]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  dependence
     Αγγλικά n.
     1 εξάρτηση (η κατάσταση κατά την οποία είσαι εξαρτημένος από κάποιον
  ή κάτι για την ικανοποίηση των αναγκών σου)
     2 εξάρτηση από μια ουσία

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  dependence
     n.
     1 (senseid en relying) The state of being dependent, of relying upon
  another.
     2 (senseid en addiction) An irresistible physical or psychological
  need, especially for a chemical substance.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  dependence
     n.
     1 (senseid en relying) The state of being dependent, of relying upon
  another.
     2 (senseid en addiction) An irresistible physical or psychological
  need, especially for a chemical substance.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  dependence
     n.
     1 (senseid en relying) The state of being dependent, of relying upon
  another.
     2 (senseid en addiction) An irresistible physical or psychological
  need, especially for a chemical substance.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  dependence
     n.
     1 (senseid en relying) The state of being dependent, of relying upon
  another.
     2 (senseid en addiction) An irresistible physical or psychological
  need, especially for a chemical substance.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  dependence
     Englanti n.
     riippuvaisuus, riippuvuus

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  dependence
     Engelska n.
     beroende

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-afr ]

  dependence /dɪpˈɛndəns/
  afhanklikheid

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Dependence /dɪpˈɛndəns/
  الإعتماد

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  dependence //dɪˈpɛndəns// 
  зави́симост 2.
  irresistible need
   3.
  state of being dependent

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  dependence /dɪpˈɛndəns/ 
  závislost

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  dependence /dɪpˈɛndəns/
  Abhängigkeit 
           Note: von
        "non-causal dependence"  - nonkausale Abhängigkeit
        "in dependence on"  - in Abhängigkeit von, je nach
     Synonym: dependency
  
   see: dependences, dependencies, causal dependence, social dependence, depending on
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  dependence /dɪpˈɛndəns/
  Unselbstständigkeit , Unselbständigkeit  [alt]
     Synonym: lack of independence
  

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  dependence /dɪpˈɛndəns/
  
  εξάρτηση

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  dependence //dɪˈpɛndəns// 
  riippuvuus 2.
  irresistible need
   3.
  state of being dependent

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  dependence /dɪpˈɛndəns/ 
  1. सहारा
        "Children must not deny their dependence on their Parents."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  dependence /dɪpˈɛndəns/
  ovisnost, ovisnosti

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  dependence /dɪpˈɛndəns/
  1. függés
  2. függôség
  3. bizalom

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  dependence //dɪˈpɛndəns// 
  1. 中毒, 嗜癖
  irresistible need
  2. 依存
  state of being dependent

From English-Lithuanian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.7.2 :   [ freedict:eng-lit ]

  dependence /dıpendəns/
  1. priklausomybė, priklausomumas
  2. pasitikėjimas

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  dependence /dɪˈpendəns/ 
    zależność (on - od)  (upon - od)

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  dependence /dɪpˈɛndəns/ 
  dependência

From English-Romanian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-rom ]

  dependence /dɪpˈɛndəns/
  dependință

From English-Spanish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.1 :   [ freedict:eng-spa ]

  dependence /dipendəns/
  dependencia

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  dependence //dɪˈpɛndəns// 
  1. beroende
  irresistible need
  2. beroende, avhängighet
  state of being dependent

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  dependence /dɪpˈɛndəns/
  1. bağlı olma
  2. taalluk
  3. itimat, güven
  4. bir kimsenin eline bakma
  5. dayanma
  6. muallâkıyet, sarkma, asılma
  7. tabi oluş, bağlılık, emir kulluğu.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/dɪˈpɛndəns/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  132 Moby Thesaurus words for "dependence":
     Maecenas, a habit, abettor, acceptation, acception, acquiescence,
     acquired tolerance, acute alcoholism, addictedness, addiction,
     admirer, advocate, aficionado, alcoholism,
     amphetamine withdrawal symptoms, angel, apologist, aspiration,
     assumption, assurance, assured faith, assuredness, backer,
     barbiturate addiction, barbiturism, belief, buff, certainty,
     chain smoking, champion, cheerful expectation, chronic alcoholism,
     clientage, clientship, cocainism, confidence, contingency,
     conviction, correlation, crash, craving, credence, credit,
     credulity, danglement, dangling, defender, dependency, desire,
     dipsomania, doomed hope, drug addiction, drug culture,
     drug dependence, encourager, endorser, expectation, exponent,
     fair prospect, faith, fan, favorer, fervent hope, friend at court,
     good cheer, good hope, great expectations, habituation, hanging,
     high hopes, hope, hopeful prognosis, hopefulness, hopes, hoping,
     hoping against hope, interrelation, lover, mainstay, maintainer,
     nicotine addiction, paranymph, partisan, patron, pendency,
     pendulosity, pendulousness, pensileness, pensility,
     physical dependence, prayerful hope, presumption, promise,
     promoter, prospect, prospects, protagonist,
     psychological dependence, reception, relativity, reliance,
     reliance on, sanguine expectation, second, seconder, sectary,
     security, sider, sponsor, stalwart, standby, stock, store, support,
     supporter, sureness, surety, suspense, suspension,
     suspension of disbelief, sustainer, sympathizer, tolerance, trust,
     tutelage, upholder, votary, wardship, well-grounded hope,
     well-wisher, withdrawal sickness, withdrawal symptoms
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 依赖,依存,信赖;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 依靠,依赖;信任,信赖

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