What (who) is depend - definition
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depend
(depends, depending, depended)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
If you say that one thing depends on another, you mean that the first thing will be affected or determined by the second.
The cooking time needed depends on the size of the potato...
How much it costs depends upon how much you buy.
VERB: V on/upon n, V on/upon wh
2.
If you depend on someone or something, you need them in order to be able to survive physically, financially, or emotionally.
He depended on his writing for his income...
Choosing the right account depends on working out your likely average balance.
= rely
VERB: V on/upon n/-ing, V on/upon n/-ing
3.
If you can depend on a person, organization, or law, you know that they will support you or help you when you need them.
'You can depend on me,' Cross assured him.
= rely
VERB: V on/upon n
4.
You use depend in expressions such as it depends to indicate that you cannot give a clear answer to a question because the answer will be affected or determined by other factors.
'But how long can you stay in the house?'-'I don't know. It depends.'...
It all depends on your definition of punk, doesn't it?
VERB: it/that V, it V on n/wh
5.
You use depending on when you are saying that something varies according to the circumstances mentioned.
I tend to have a different answer, depending on the family...
PREP-PHRASE: PREP n/wh
depend
¦ verb
1. (depend on) be controlled or determined by.
2. (depend on) rely on.
3. archaic or literary hang down.
Phrases
depending on according to.
Origin
ME: from OFr. dependre, from L. dependere, from de- 'down' + pendere 'hang'.
Depend
·vi To Impend.
II. Depend ·vi To hang down; to be sustained by being fastened or attached to something above.
IV. Depend ·vi To hang in suspense; to be pending; to be undetermined or undecided; as, a cause depending in court.
V. Depend ·vi To rely for support; to be conditioned or contingent; to be connected with anything, as a cause of existence, or as a necessary condition;
- followed by on or upon, formerly by of.
- with on or upon; as, we depend on the word or assurance of our friends; we depend on the mail at the usual hour.
Wikipedia
Dependency
Dependency, dependent or depend may refer to:
Pronunciation examples for depend
1. depend.
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2. you depend--
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3. depend on other people.
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4. didn't depend on programming.
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5. we humans depend upon.
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Examples of use of depend
1. Palestinians depend on $1billion of aid funding annuallyPalestinians depend on foreign aid totalling more than $1 billion a year.
2. "The results don‘t only depend on the ELN and the government, they depend on a lot of factors," Mr.
3. Hospital referrals depend on individual NHS trusts.
4. Investors should not depend on government action.
5. But if we cant depend on anyone else for anything, we might just start to ask why anyone should depend on us.