Dictionary Entry
dependence
dependence is a 10-letter English word with 10 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act or state of depending; state of being dependent; a hanging down or from; suspension from a support. Face value is 16 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
10 letters · Scrabble 16 · Words With Friends 20 · 10 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
The act or state of depending; state of being dependent; a hanging down or from; suspension from a support.
- 2noun
The state of being influenced and determined by something; subjection (as of an effect to its cause).
- 3noun
Mutu/// /onnection and support; concatenation; systematic ///er relation.
- 4noun
Subjection to the direction or disposal of another; inability to help or provide for one's self.
- 5noun
A resting with confidence; reliance; trust.
- 6noun
That on which one depends or relies; as, he was her sole dependence.
- 7noun
That which depends; anything dependent or suspended; anything attached a subordinate to, or contingent on, something else.
- 8noun
A matter depending, or in suspense, and still to be determined; ground of controversy or quarrel.
- 9noun
the state of relying on or being controlled by someone or something else
Synonyms
- 10noun
being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs)
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