The state of being dependent, of relying upon another. / An irresistible physical or psychological need, especially for a chemical substance.

plural of dependence

Relying upon; depending upon. / (statistics) Having a probability that is affected by the outcome of a separate event.

(US) One who relies on another for support / (grammar) An element in phrase or clause structure that is not the head. Includes complements, modifiers and determiners.

(intransitive, followed by on or upon, formerly also by of) To be contingent or conditioned; to have something as a necessary condition; to hinge on.

Obsolete spelling of dependent / Misspelling of dependent.

(Britain) A person who depends on another for support, particularly financial support (= US dependent).

A state of dependence; a refusal to exercise initiative. / Something dependent on, or subordinate to, something else: / A colony, or a territory subject to rule by an external power.

(programming) An agent that depends on another agent, the dependee; the subject of a dependency, a dependent (used in agent-oriented programming)

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of depend