"dependency" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /dɪˈpɛndənsi/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-dependency.wav [US] Forms: dependencies [plural]
Etymology: dependent + -cy Etymology templates: {{af|en|dependent|-cy}} dependent + -cy Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} dependency (countable and uncountable, plural dependencies)
  1. A state of dependence; a refusal to exercise initiative. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (refusal to exercise initiative): կախվածություն (kaxvacutʻyun) (Armenian), saamattomuus (Finnish), aloitekyvyttömyys (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-dependency-en-noun-V6jvqVSb Disambiguation of 'refusal to exercise initiative': 84 1 4 3 4 4
  2. Something dependent on, or subordinate to, something else: Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (something dependent or subordinate to something else): asılılıq (Azerbaijani), dependència [feminine] (Catalan), závislost [feminine] (Czech), afhankelijkheid (Dutch), alainen (Finnish), Abhängigkeit [feminine] (German), 付属品 (fuzokuhin) (Japanese), dependență [feminine] (Romanian), dependencia [feminine] (Spanish), beroende [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-dependency-en-noun-32XMoBdZ Disambiguation of 'something dependent or subordinate to something else': 6 70 7 7 6 4
  3. A colony, or a territory subject to rule by an external power. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Administrative divisions Synonyms: colony, protectorate, province, dominion Translations (a colony or similar territory subject to rule by an external power): závislost [feminine] (Czech), kolonie [feminine] (Dutch), schutgebied [neuter] (Dutch), alusmaa (Finnish), კოლონია (ḳolonia) (Georgian), Kolonie [feminine] (German), Schutzgebiet [neuter] (German), függő terület (Hungarian), függőség (Hungarian), jajahan (Indonesian), vladenja (Ingrian), spleáchríoch [feminine] (Irish), 属領 (zokuryō) (Japanese), 属国 (zokkoku) (Japanese), biland [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), colonie [feminine] (Romanian), koloni [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-dependency-en-noun-fPZfouKb Disambiguation of Administrative divisions: 10 2 57 9 12 10 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 4 10 23 30 29 Disambiguation of 'a colony or similar territory subject to rule by an external power': 3 3 68 4 9 13
  4. A dependence on a habit-forming substance such as a drug or alcohol. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: addiction Translations (addiction): կախվածություն (kaxvacutʻyun) (Armenian), asılılıq (Azerbaijani), závislost [feminine] (Czech), afhankelijkheid [feminine] (Dutch), riippuvuus (Finnish), dépendance [feminine] (French), Abhängigkeit [feminine] (German), dependență [feminine] (Romanian), beroende [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-dependency-en-noun-zPT~MSFu Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 4 10 23 30 29 Disambiguation of 'addiction': 15 6 10 60 5 5
  5. (computing) Reliance on the functionality provided by some other, external component. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Computing Translations (computing: reliance on functionality): afhankelijkheid [feminine] (Dutch), riippuvuus (Finnish), dépendance [feminine] (French), Abhängigkeit (German), Dependency [feminine] (German), beroende [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-dependency-en-noun-3biw~GzL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -cy Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 4 10 23 30 29 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -cy: 5 6 22 19 28 20 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'computing: reliance on functionality': 3 8 5 6 49 29
  6. (computing) An external component whose functionality is relied on. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-dependency-en-noun-95xgNVX8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 4 10 23 30 29 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: dependee, depender, dependence

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