complete dependence
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcompleteanddependence
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complete
adjective
uk/kəmˈpliːt/us/kəmˈpliːt/
very great or to the largest ...
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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 ofcompleteanddependencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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This edition embodies refinements, in particular the morecompletedependenceon saturation as opposed to hue.
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Indeed, it is doomed to fail because of itscompletedependenceon external - in fact, hostile - sources.
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We are moving towardscompletedependenceon the market.
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They also avoidedcompletedependenceon their wage work by continuing to engage in part-time farming and clinging to other rural subsistence strategies.
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We ought to grow sufficient cotton to free us fromcompletedependenceupon foreign supplies.
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As a party we do not advocate, and never have advocated,completedependenceon the market.
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Just look at our almostcompletedependenceon others for semi-conductors and for silicon.
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These women often only exist in law through their husbands and are therefore placed in a situation ofcompletedependence.
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He is going to seek to relieve agriculture ofcompletedependenceon overseas supplies of feeding stuffs.
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It is a question of dealing with cases of continuous andcompletedependenceof an elderly man upon the earnings of his children.
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I can only explain it as being, owing to our insular position and ourcompletedependenceupon credit, the economic facts prevailing throughout the world.
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One of the ways that children's health care services differ from adult services is thecompletedependenceof children on their families.
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For too long the curse of the area has been itscompletedependenceon heavy industry, much of it well-nigh obsolete.
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One reviewer noted the book's almostcompletedependenceon secondary sources.
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First, since nuclear power is going to meet a steadily increasing proportion of total electricity demand, there are obvious disadvantages incompletedependenceon a foreign supplier.
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All is "bittul" -nullified to the light, even though in our realm thiscompletedependenceis hidden.
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That would have involved acompletedependenceon a negative tax return, which is only dragged into an overall traditional scheme as a minor option in what she proposes?
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Thecompletedependence(also called addiction) of tumor growth from a given gene product can cease if further genetic alterations occur that activate alternative signaling pathways.
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