total dependence

collocation in English

meaningsoftotalanddependence

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total
adjective
uk
/ˈtəʊ.təl/us
/ˈtoʊ.t̬əl/
including ...
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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 oftotalanddependencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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For all six items, five-point rating scales are used, ranging from total independence tototaldependence.
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Nobody is seriously suggestingtotaldependenceupon alternative energy.
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This is illustrated by most of the informants' reluctance to talk in detail about their contingency plans in case of a future oftotaldependence.
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These patients demonstrated atotaldependenceon environmental stimuli to guide their actions, compulsively using objects (utilization behaviors) and mimicking the experimenter (imitation behavior).
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Fortotaldependence, for example, the failure of one system might cause the failure of another system that relies upon its services.
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What we are left with, however, is nonetheless a largely descriptive account, and one constrained by its almosttotaldependenceon formal readings of architectural organization.
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But co-operation is not the same thing astotaldependence.
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Totaldependenceon private finance for public services often means no public services.
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First,totaldependenceon central funding brings with it also a need for central planning.
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Many people in rural areas are being forced into almosttotaldependenceon car transport.
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It would be wrong to see atotaldependenceon gas.
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However, we should never forget ourtotaldependenceon our naval and air supremacy.
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The military government under which they found themselves in the 1950s dictatedtotaldependenceon recognition by the government to obtain work and travel permits, social security, and grazing rights.
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There is a difference betweentotaldependenceand a marginal dependence which may arise from time to time.
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This emphasises thetotaldependenceof islands upon the shipping services, and, of course, the air services.
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It is also marked by the neartotaldependenceof the electricity supply industry on oil as a power station fuel.
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We need to put an end to our almosttotaldependenceon fossil fuels by combining the various policies that encompass all modes of transport.
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With our almosttotaldependenceon trading with the rest of the world, we should be grasping the opportunity to provide leadership at that conference.
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We attach importance to the work of the centre but the presenttotaldependenceon public funds cannot be justified and must be changed.
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That strategic philosophy was based on ourtotaldependenceon world trade and on the overseas sources of supplies of food and raw materials.
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I have one slight worry about the communications field, which is ourtotaldependenceon other people for launching our communications satellite.
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Nevertheless, the almosttotaldependenceon fishing and fish farming means that the economy remains vulnerable.
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Nevertheless, the almosttotaldependenceon fishing means the economy remains extremely vulnerable.
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Activities range from reliance on animal husbandry tototaldependenceon crop production.
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On a scale of 1 to 100, 1 representstotaldependenceand 100 represents total independence.
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