Ang kahulugan ng diksyunaryo ng salitang "dependency" ay isang estado ng pag-asa o pagiging kontrolado ng isang bagay o ibang tao. Maaari din itong tumukoy sa isang teritoryo o estado na nakadepende sa pulitika o ekonomiya sa ibang bansa o entity.
Perhaps the worst atrocities were the efforts to destroy lives by infesting goodwill offerings with disease and introducing drugs like alcohol to cause dependency.
Her hands were clasped before her in prayer, but instead of looking upward toward that power which alone could rescue them, her unconscious looks wandered to the countenance of Duncan with infantile dependency.
Expectation and dependency on their faces, in their voices.
She saw now that the Eden Plague would take away their power by taking away an enormous source of dependency.
Even our support given directly to the people has to be carefully administered to prevent a culture of dependency.
As my ability to control my mind grew, my dependency on booze lessened.
They lavish affection, create dependency, isolate their victim from friends and family.
