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{
"term": "dependence",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "the state of needing the help and support of somebody/something in order to survive or be successful",
"sensetop": "dependence on/upon somebody/something",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Our relationship was based on mutual dependence."
},
{
"text": "financial/economic dependence"
},
{
"text": "his dependence on his parents",
"contextForm": "dependence on/upon somebody/something"
},
{
"text": "the dependence of Europe on imported foods"
},
{
"text": "The government wants to reduce industry's dependence on coal."
},
{
"text": "a heavy dependence on imported materials"
},
{
"text": "her economic dependence on her husband"
},
{
"text": "his total dependence on his family"
},
{
"text": "Their relationship is based on a strong mutual dependence."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["great", "heavy", "absolute"],
"verb + dependence": ["have", "increase", "reduce"],
"preposition": ["dependence on", "dependence upon"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "the state of being addicted to something (= unable to stop taking or using it)",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "**drug/alcohol dependence**"
},
{
"text": "dependence on alcohol"
}
],
"topics": ["Health problems", "Social issues"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["alcohol", "drug", "nicotine"],
"preposition": ["dependence on"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "the fact of one thing being affected by another",
"sensetop": "dependence of A and B",
"labels": "(specialist)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "the close dependence of soil and landforms"
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/dɪˈpendəns/",
"audio": "de/dependence/dependence__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/dɪˈpendəns/",
"audio": "de/dependence/dependence__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English (in the sense ‘hanging down or something that hangs down’): from Old French dependance, from the verb dependre, from Latin dependere, from de- ‘down’ + pendere ‘hang’."
}