dependency
Pronunciation: /dɪˈpɛndənsi/
The English word “dependency” has 7 meanings listed here.
noun
- A state of dependence; a refusal to exercise initiative.
- Something dependent on, or subordinate to, something else
- The status of being a legal dependent; the relationship between a dependent and their provider.
- A colony, or a territory subject to rule by an external power.
- A dependence on a habit-forming substance such as a drug or alcohol.
- Reliance on the functionality provided by some other, external component.
- An external component whose functionality is relied on.
Etymology
From dependent + -cy or dependence + -y or depend + -ency.
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