Dictionary entry
Dependence
Pronunciation: /dɪˈpɛnd(ə)ns/
Pronunciation
/dɪˈpɛnd(ə)ns/
Myanmar Meaning
(n) မှီခိုခြင်း။မှီခိုမှု။
Definition
dependence /dÇ'pendǝns/ n [U] ~ on/upon sb/sth (က) မီွခိုေနရျခင္း။ his dependence on his parents ❍ Our relationship was based on mutual dependence. Compare INDEPENDENCE (ခ) မမီွဝဲရမေနႏိုင္ျခင္း။ စြဲျခင္း။ medical treatment for drug/alcohol dependence.
Examples
- [dependence on] : Our dependence on our parents
- The industry’s dependence on coal
- The problems that alcohol dependence creates within the family unit