dependency
dependency is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.A thing hanging down; a dependence.
- 2.That which is attached to something else as its consequence, subordinate, satellite, and the like. This earth and its dependencies. T. Burnet. Modes I call such complex ideas which . . . are considered as dependencies on or affections of substances. Locke.
- 3.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. Note: Dependence is more used in the abstract, and dependency in the concrete. The latter is usually restricted in meaning to 3 and 4.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- append
- beetle
- button
- caudate
- daggle
- dangle
- depend
- dependent
- fasten
- fastening
- flap
- flow
- flowing
- hang
- hanging
- hangnail
- having
- hitch
- hook
- horse
- jutting
- knob
- loose
- nail
- over
- pedicel
- pedicle
- peduncle
- pedunculate
- peg
- pendency
- pendent
- pendulous
- pendulum
- pensile
- pigtail
- pony
- ring
- skirt
- sling
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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