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Independence
adjectives
full/complete independence
• The country gained complete independence from Britain in the 1960s.
political/economic independence
• Zambia achieved political independence without a prolonged conflict.
national independence
• The struggle for national independence lasted over 20 years.
local independence
• The new constitution aims to strengthen local independence.
verbs
get independence
• The country eventually got its independence in 1960.
gain/achieve/win independence
(= get independence )
• Our aim was to achieve full independence.
declare independence
• Estonia declared independence on August 20th.
grant something independence
(= allow a country to become independent )
• It was General de Gaulle who granted Algeria independence.
bring independence to something
• The rebels fought to bring independence to East Africa.
move towards independence
(= gradually achieve it over a period of time )
• The country was slowly moving towards independence.
independence + NOUN
Independence Day
(= a day on which a country's independence is celebrated )
• The president was on television giving his Independence Day speech.
independence celebrations
• The region is preparing for Monday's independence celebrations.
phrases
the struggle for independence
• The struggle for independence continued for three decades.
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noun ADJ. considerable, great | complete, full, total | relative The council's relative independence of the government means it can negotiate its own agreements. | nominal | genuine, real, true | de facto Aquitaine's de facto independence from the king of France | continued/continuing, growing | hard-won | local, national | academic, economic, editorial, financial, judicial, personal, political, professional QUANT. degree, measure VERB + INDEPENDENCE have Young people have more independence these days. | lack | enjoy, value I value my independence too much to get married. | display, show She displayed independence of judgement in choosing a career quite different from that of her parents. | assert Edward III tried to assert his independence of the regime at court. | achieve, gain, win Mexico achieved independence from Spain in 1821. | bring (about) the need to bring independence to the country a colonial crisis which brought about independence | declare, proclaim | ensure, maintain, preserve, retain, sustain The army is committed to ensuring the independence of the country. | give up, lose She doesn't want to lose her hard-won independence. | regain, restore | encourage, promote Parents should encourage independence in their children. | undermine Economic aid tends to undermine the national independence of third world countries. | seek | call for, demand | vote for | give sb/sth, grant sb/sth | recognize They have agreed to recognize the breakaway republic's independence. INDEPENDENCE + VERB come Independence came to the British colonial territories in Africa in the late fifties and early sixties. INDEPENDENCE + NOUN day | celebrations | movement | struggle PREP. at ~ Namibia became a full member of the UN at independence. | ~ from independence from Spain | ~ of the church's independence of the state independence of mind PHRASES a declaration of independence, a lack of independence, the loss of independence, a sign/symbol of independence The car became a symbol of independence. | the struggle for independence, a war of independence the American War of Independence
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