Example: Kinderen zijn in sterke mate afhankelijk van hun ouders.
Definition
"In sterke mate afhankelijk van" means being largely or significantly dependent on someone or something, indicating a high level of reliance or need for support or assistance in a particular context, such as children being in strong measure dependent on their parents.
Translations
strongly dependent on
fuertemente dependiente de
fortament dependent de
fortement dépendant de
stark abhängig von
fortemente dipendere da
em grande parte dependente de
Etymology
The phrase "in sterke mate afhankelijk van" comes from Dutch, where "in sterke mate" means 'to a strong degree' and "afhankelijk van" means 'dependent on.' It reflects the combination of these elements to express considerable dependence, commonly used in everyday Dutch language.
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"In sterke mate afhankelijk van" appears in the Vocaplus list "Dutch - General - Idioms and Proverbs - (B2) - set 1", containing 105 commonly used expressions.
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strongly dependent on