dependency

Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary

noun

1. the state of relying on or being controlled by someone or something else (Freq. 3)
• Syn:
dependence, dependance
• Derivationally related forms:
dependent, depend, dependent (for: dependence)
• Hypernyms:
state
• Hyponyms:
helplessness, reliance, subordination, contingency
2. a geographical area politically controlled by a distant country
• Syn:
colony
• Derivationally related forms:
dependent, colonial (for: colony), colonist (for: colony)
• Hypernyms:
geographical area, geographic area, geographical region, geographic region
• Hyponyms:
Crown Colony
• Instance Hyponyms:
Cayman Islands, New Netherland
3. being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs)
• Syn:
addiction, dependence, dependance, habituation
• Derivationally related forms:
habituate (for: habituation), dependent, dependent (for: dependence), addict (for: addiction)
• Topics:
narcotic
• Hypernyms:
physical condition, physiological state, physiological condition
• Hyponyms:
drug addiction, white plague

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  colony, addiction, dependence, dependance, habituation