{
    "term": "dependence",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the state of needing the help and support of somebody/something in order to survive or be successful",
            "sensetop": "dependence on/upon somebody/something",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Our relationship was based on mutual dependence."
                },
                {
                    "text": "financial/economic dependence"
                },
                {
                    "text": "his dependence on his parents",
                    "contextForm": "dependence on/upon somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the dependence of Europe on imported foods"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The government wants to reduce industry's dependence on coal."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a heavy dependence on imported materials"
                },
                {
                    "text": "her economic dependence on her husband"
                },
                {
                    "text": "his total dependence on his family"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Their relationship is based on a strong mutual dependence."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["great", "heavy", "absolute"],
                "verb + dependence": ["have", "increase", "reduce"],
                "preposition": ["dependence  on", "dependence  upon"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the state of being addicted to something (= unable to stop taking or using it)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**drug/alcohol dependence**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "dependence on alcohol"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Health problems", "Social issues"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["alcohol", "drug", "nicotine"],
                "preposition": ["dependence  on"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "the fact of one thing being affected by another",
            "sensetop": "dependence of A and B",
            "labels": "(specialist)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the close dependence of soil and landforms"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈpendəns/",
                "audio": "de/dependence/dependence__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈpendəns/",
                "audio": "de/dependence/dependence__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English (in the sense ‘hanging down or something that hangs down’): from Old French dependance, from the verb dependre, from Latin dependere, from de- ‘down’ + pendere ‘hang’."
}