English-Thai Dictionary

dependency

N การ พึ่งพาอาศัย  การ ไว้เนื้อเชื่อใจ  kan-pueng-pa-ar-sai

 

dependency

N เมืองขึ้น  ประเทศ ที่ ตก อยู่ ภายใต้การควบคุม ของ ผู้อื่น  mueang-kuen

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DEPENDENCY

De *pend "en *cy, n.; pl. Dependencies (.

 

1. 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.

 

2. A thing hanging down; a dependence.

 

3. 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.

 

4. 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.

 

Note: Dependence is more used in the abstract, and dependency in the concrete. The latter is usually restricted in meaning to 3 and 4.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

dependency

de pend en cy |diˈpendənsē dəˈpɛndənsi | ▶noun ( pl. dependencies ) 1 a dependent or subordinate thing, esp. a country or province controlled by another. 2 dependence: the country's dependency on the oil industry.

 

dependency culture

de ¦pend |ency cul |ture ▶noun a way of life characterized by dependency on state benefits.

 

Oxford Dictionary

dependency

de ¦pend |ency |dɪˈpɛnd (ə )nsi | ▶noun ( pl. dependencies ) 1 a country or province controlled by another. 2 [ mass noun ] dependence: the country's dependency on the oil industry.

 

dependency culture

de ¦pend |ency cul |ture ▶noun a way of life characterized by dependency on state benefits.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

dependency

dependency noun 1 her dependency on her husband: dependence on, reliance on; need for. 2 the association of retirement with dependency: helplessness, dependence, weakness, defenselessness, vulnerability. ANTONYMS independence. 3 drug dependency: addiction, dependence, reliance; craving, compulsion, fixation, obsession; abuse.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

dependency

dependency noun 1 he saw no problem in a wife's dependency on her husband: dependence, reliance; need for, seeking support from, leaning on, clinging to. 2 the automatic association of retirement with dependency: helplessness, dependence, weakness, defencelessness, vulnerability; subservience, subordination, inferiority. ANTONYMS independence. 3 taking tranquillizers in large doses can lead to dependency: addiction, dependence, over-reliance, reliance; craving, compulsion, fixation, obsession; abuse. 4 the army invaded a British dependency: colony, protectorate, province, dominion, outpost, satellite, satellite state; holding, possession; historical tributary, fief; archaic demesne. 5 they work for a dependency of the parent firm: subsidiary, subordinate company, peripheral unit, adjunct, appendage, offshoot, auxiliary, attachment, satellite, derivative; archaic tributary.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

dependency

de pend en cy /dɪpénd (ə )nsi /名詞 複 -cies 1 U 【人 薬物 酒などへの 】依存, 従属 «on » .2 C 属国 ; 保護領 .3 C 依存物, 従属物 .