dependence
All her life she had a childlike dependence on the people around her.
The programme is designed to reduce dependence on road transport.
Gradually her dependence on alcohol became obvious to everyone.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Essential or necessary
a man's gotta do what a man's gotta doidiom
baked in
basically
basis
be a question of doing somethingidiom
box ticking
elemental
hang
hang on/upon something
have occasion to do somethingidiom
if need beidiom
if/when push comes to shoveidiom
meat and potatoesidiom
necessary
necessary evil
necessitate
owe
symbiosis
symbiotic
symbiotically
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