growing dependence

collocation in English

meaningsofgrowinganddependence

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growing
adjective
uk
/ˈɡrəʊ.ɪŋ/us
/ˈɡroʊ.ɪŋ/
increasing in size ...
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dependence
noun[S or U]
uk
/dɪˈpen.dəns/us
/dɪˈpen.dəns/
the situation in which you need something or someone all the time, especially in order to continue existing ...
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(Definition ofgrowinganddependencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Losses: activities of daily living,growingdependenceon carer, loss of future.
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Figures 1 and 2 depict the elderly population'sgrowingdependenceupon parish relief over the eighteenth century in both parishes.
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Agrowingdependenceon technology leads to a separation: distance from the activities and requirements of sustaining life.
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Secondly, pensioners had agrowingdependenceon means-tested benefits.
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We recognise thegrowingdependenceof this and other nations upon this liquid fuel.
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They would help the balance of trade and reduce ourgrowingdependenceon imports.
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The seriousness of this arises from ourgrowingdependenceon home supplies for our meat.
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We must see this whole problem of addiction against the broad background of agrowingdependenceupon these drugs.
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I am afraid that there is going to be agrowingdependenceon cheap coal imports for many years ahead.
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What in fact happens is the destruction of local markets and a vicious circle of declining local production andgrowingdependenceon imports.
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Half of them are long term unemployed with slim chances of getting back into the labour market and with agrowingdependenceon social services.
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Only by that means can we have effectual protection against thegrowingdependenceupon foreign supplies which has been the cause of grave peril in the past.
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We all say that we must tackle thegrowingdependenceon the car, but we will change people's habits only by giving them the alternative of reliable public transport.
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There is now some 12½ million cars on the road and it is wise to take note of the fad that there is agrowingdependenceon the motor car.
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