Dependency - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|dɪˈpendənsɪ|
Brit.
|dɪˈpend(ə)nsɪ|
noun
- the state of relying on or being controlled by someone or something else (syn: dependence)
- being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs) (syn: addiction, dependence, habituation)
- a geographical area politically controlled by a distant country (syn: colony)
- being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs) (syn: addiction, dependence, habituation)
- a geographical area politically controlled by a distant country (syn: colony)
Extra examples
Britain's Caribbean dependencies
The patient had regressed to a state of childish dependency.
Word forms
noun
singular: dependency
plural: dependencies
singular: dependency
plural: dependencies
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