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View synonyms for dependency

dependency

or de·pend·an·cy

[ dih-pen-duhn-see ]

noun

, plural de·pend·en·cies.
  1. the state of being dependent; dependence.
  2. something dependent or subordinate; appurtenance.
  3. an outbuilding or annex.
  4. a subject territory that is not an integral part of the ruling country.


dependency

/ dɪˈpɛndənsɪ /

noun

  1. a territory subject to a state on which it does not border
  2. a dependent or subordinate person or thing
  3. psychol overreliance by a person on another person or on a drug, etc
  4. another word for dependence
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Other Words From

  • nonde·pendan·cy noun plural nondependancies
  • nonde·penden·cy noun plural nondependencies
  • self-de·penden·cy noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of dependency1

First recorded in 1585–95; dependence + -y 3
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Example Sentences

Humans also have slow life histories relative to many other species, with long periods of infancy and childhood dependency.

These transformer systems in the BERT world are becoming ubiquitous, however this quadratic dependency issue with the attention mechanism in BERT is well known.

So we’re seeing a lot of applications that their dependency on fast processing of data is becoming very important to them.

The LSA algorithm, which drives the cost-per-call market, has significant advertiser dependencies.

These were the businesses some observers said would struggle to survive without ads on Facebook such is their dependency on the social network for revenue.

From Digiday

It is now a so called Crown Dependency, meaning it falls under the sovereignty of  the British Crown, but is not part of the U.K.

So the dependency story is strange and uneven, and especially nasty when it comes to women.

All of this, of course, is carried on in the age of extreme welfare dependency and of computer addiction.

And needless to say, smoking dope in the past month is not evidence of abuse or dependency.

Too many Americans—including Christians—are afraid that helping the poor will create ‘dependency.’

Occasional gifts do not prove dependency, yet purely voluntary contributions may establish dependency.

On our arriving at the next village, a dependency of Father Ambrosio's, we were invited into the house of the commandant.

He died regretted, in the year this dependency was colonised.

It was the pinnacle from which hung as a dependency all the eldest of families.

The revolt of one great dependency brought with it a threatened revolt from another.

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