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dependency - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'dependency' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Dependency [ n.]
- State of being dependent; dependence; state of being subordinate; subordination; concatenation; connection; reliance; trust.
- A thing hanging down; a dependence.
- That which is attached to something else as its consequence, subordinate, satellite, and the like.
- A territory remote from the kingdom or state to which it belongs, but subject to its dominion; a colony; as, Great Britain has its dependencies in Asia, Africa, and America.