English-Thai Dictionary

dependence

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

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DEPENDENCE, DEPENDENCY

n. 1. A state of hanging down from a supporter.
2. Any thing hanging down; a series of things hanging to another.
And made a long dependence from the bough.
3. Concatenation; connection by which one thing is sustained by another, in its place, operations or effects, or is affected by it.
But of this frame the bearings and the ties,
The strong connections, nice dependencies.
4. A state of being at the disposal of another; a state of being subject to the will of an intelligent cause, or to the power and operation of any other cause; inability to sustain itself without the aid of.
We ought to feel our dependence on God for life and support. The child should be sensible of his dependence on his parents. In the natural and moral world, we observe the dependence of one thing on another.
5. Reliance; confidence; trust; a resting on; as, we may have a firm dependence on the promises of God.
6. Accident; that of which the existence presupposes the existence of something else; that which pertains to something else; as modes which are considered as dependencies or affections of substances.
7. That which is attached to, but subordinate to something else; as this earth and its dependencies.
8. A territory remote from the kingdom or state to which it belongs, but subject to its dominion; as distant isles or countries. Great Britain has its dependencies, in Asia, Africa and America.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DEPENDENCE

De *pend "ence, n. Etym: [LL. dependentia, fr. L. dependens. See Dependent, and cf. Dependance. ]

 

1. The act or state of depending; state of being dependent; a hanging down or from; suspension from a support.

 

2. The state of being influenced and determined by something; subjection (as of an effect to its cause ). The cause of effects, and the dependence of one thing upon another. Bp. Burnet.

 

3. Mutu So dark adependence or order. Sir T. More.

 

4. Subjection to the direction or disposal of another; inability to help or provide for one's self. Reduced to a servile dependence on their mercy. Burke.

 

5. A resting with confidence; reliance; trust. Affectionate dependence on the Creator is the spiritual life of the soul. T. Erskine.

 

6. That on which one depends or relies; as, he was her sole dependence.

 

7. That which depends; anything dependent or suspended; anything attached a subordinate to, or contingent on, something else. Like a large cluster of black grapes they show And make a large dependence from the bough. Dryden.

 

8. A matter depending, or in suspense, and still to be determined; ground of controversy or quarrel. [Obs. ] To go on now with my first dependence. Beau. & Fl.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

dependence

de pend ence |diˈpendəns dəˈpɛndəns | ▶noun the state of relying on or being controlled by someone or something else: Japan's dependence on imported oil. • reliance on someone or something for financial support: the dependence of our medical schools on grant funds. • addiction to drink or drugs: alcohol dependence. ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘hanging down or something that hangs down ’): from Old French dependance, from the verb dependre (see depend ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

dependence

de ¦pend |ence |dɪˈpɛnd (ə )ns | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the state of relying on or being controlled by someone or something else: Japan's dependence on imported oil. • reliance on someone or something for financial support: the dependence of our medical schools on grant funds. • addiction to drink or drugs: alcohol dependence. ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘hanging down or something that hangs down ’): from Old French dependance, from the verb dependre (see depend ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

dependence

dependence noun See dependency.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

dependence

dependence noun 1 she cast off her dependence on her brother: reliance on, need for, seeking support from, leaning on, clinging to; trust in, faith in, confidence in, belief in. 2 they help patients to cope with enforced dependence: helplessness, weakness, defencelessness, vulnerability; subservience, subordination. ANTONYMS independence. 3 the figures show a rise in drug dependence: addiction, dependency, over-reliance, reliance; craving, compulsion, fixation, obsession; abuse.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

dependence

de pend ence ｟米 まれ ｠-ance /dɪpénd (ə )ns /→depend 名詞 U 1 «…に » 頼ること , 世話になること ; « …への » 依頼 (reliance ) «on , upon » (↔independence )▸ dependence on fossil fuels 化石燃料に頼ること 2 【薬などへの 】依存 (状態 ); 〘医 〙依存 (症 )(addiction ) «on , upon » ▸ alcohol [drug ] dependence アルコール [薬物 ]依存 (症 )3 ｟かたく ｠ «…への » 信頼, 信用 «on , upon » ▸ put [place ] dependence on [upon ] A's word Aの言葉に信を置く 4 【条件などに 】左右されること ; « …への » 従属 ; 依存関係 «on , upon » (↔independence )▸ the dependence of farming on the weather 農業が天候に左右されること