01 n. State of being dependent; dependence; state of being subordinate; subordination; concatenation; connection; reliance; trust.
pl.
Dependencies
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State of being dependent; dependence; state of being subordinate; subordination; concatenation; connection; reliance; trust.“Any long series of action, the parts of which have very much dependency each on the other.” — Sir J. Reynolds.“So that they may acknowledge their dependency on the crown of England.” — Bacon.
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A thing hanging down; a dependence.
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That which is attached to something else as its consequence, subordinate, satellite, and the like.“This earth and its dependencies.” — T. Burnet.“Modes I call such complex ideas which . . . are considered as dependencies on or affections of substances.” — Locke.
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A territory remote from the kingdom or state to which it belongs, but subject to its dominion; a colony; as, Great Britain has its dependencies in Asia, Africa, and America.