noun · neutral
dependence
/dɪˈpɛndəns/di·PEND·ence
Band 6-7speakingtask2
the state of relying on or needing someone or something
Examples
“International aid can create long-term dependence among recipient countries.”
“Teenagers' dependence on social media for news is worrying.”
“Her dependence on painkillers decreased after rehab.”
Band 8 sentence
“The country's long-standing dependence on a single export made its economy particularly vulnerable to global price shifts.”
Collocations
- dependence on
- economic dependence
- drug dependence
Word family
depend verbdependent adjectivedependency noundependable adjective
Common mistakes
dependence of→dependence on
She is dependence→She is dependent
to dependance→to depend
Say it for a higher band
5need→6rely on→7+dependence
Synonyms
reliance
Easily confused
dependency
“Software projects often fail because of unrecognized external dependencies.”
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