dependency

1. (countable, uncountable)A state of dependence; a refusal to exercise initiative.

   Frank's sullen dependency was driving his father nuts.

2. (countable, uncountable)Something dependent on, or subordinate to, something else

   In the United States' governmental structure, the military is conceived as a dependency under the executive branch.

   Abhängigkeit

   the state of relying on or being controlled by someone or something else

3. (countable, uncountable)The status of being a legal dependent; the relationship between a dependent and their provider.

4. (countable, uncountable)A colony, or a territory subject to rule by an external power.

   Kolonie, Schutzgebiet

5. (countable, uncountable)A dependence on a habit-forming substance such as a drug or alcohol.

   Abhängigkeit

   being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs)

6. (countable, uncountable)Reliance on the functionality provided by some other, external component.

   This library has dependencies on a lot of other libraries. We have to compile all of those other libraries first.

   Abhängigkeit, Dependency

7. (countable, uncountable)An external component whose functionality is relied on.

   One of this library's dependencies is very finicky. It can be hard to get it to compile on some systems.

1. How do you overcome co-dependency?

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2. Drugs can cause both dependency and tolerance.

   deDrogen können Abhängigkeit und Toleranzbildung hervorrufen.

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3. Tom has a caffeine dependency, doesn't he?

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4. Algeria needs to get rid of its dependency on oil.

   ruАлжир должен избавиться от своей зависимости от нефти.

   deAlgerien muss seine Abhängigkeit vom Öl beenden.

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5. Dependency theory explains global economic inequalities.

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