Depend

Word DEPEND
Character 6
Hyphenation de pend
Pronunciations /dɪˈpɛnd/

Definitions and meanings of "Depend"

What do we mean by depend?

To rely, especially for support or maintenance. intransitive verb

To place trust or confidence: synonym: rely. intransitive verb

To be determined, influenced, or contingent. intransitive verb

To have a dependence. intransitive verb

To hang down. intransitive verb

To be determined by, be influenced by, or be contingent on. intransitive verb

To hang; be sustained by being fastened or attached to something above: used absolutely or followed by from.

To be a conditional effect or result; be contingent or conditioned.

To be in suspense; be undetermined: only in the present participle: as, the suit is still depending in court. See pending.

To rely; rest in full confidence or belief: with on or upon: as, you may depend upon the accuracy of the report.

To rely for that which is necessary or desired; rest conditionally or in subordination; be dependent: with on or upon: as, children depend upon their parents; to depend upon a foreign market for supplies; we depend on the newspapers for intelligence.

To rest in suspense; wait expectantly.

To hang in suspense over; impend.

To hang down; to be sustained by being fastened or attached to something above. intransitive verb

To hang in suspense; to be pending; to be undetermined or undecided. intransitive verb

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. intransitive verb

To trust; to rest with confidence; to rely; to confide; to be certain; -- with on or upon intransitive verb

To serve; to attend; to act as a dependent or retainer. intransitive verb

To impend. intransitive verb

To hang down; to be sustained by being fastened or attached to something above. verb

(followed by on or upon, formerly also by of) To be contingent or conditioned; to have something as a necessary condition; to hinge on.

(followed by on or upon) To trust; to have confidence; to rely.

To hang down; to be sustained by being fastened or attached to something above.

To be pending; to be undetermined or undecided.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Depend

The word "depend" in example sentences

For there are various ways in which one being may be said to depend upon one or more other beings, in a sense of ˜depend™ that is distinctly metaphysical in character and that may be contrasted, thus, with various causal senses of this word. ❋ Lowe, E. Jonathan (2009)

Currently tied at the top with Penn, the Crimson's hopes for a title depend on a victory this weekend. ❋ Unknown (2009)

↑ The existence of words like appendix and pending in English does not mean that the English word depend is analyzed into a derivational prefix de - and a root pend. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Our electrical infrastructure upon which our lives depend is worth trillions. ❋ Unknown (2009)

While they still impact each other and over the medium-term depend on each other, the shorter-term cause-and-effect relationships are not as strong as elsewhere. ❋ Takuji Aida (2011)

The very web of life on which we depend is being ripped and frayed. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Equity Red Star says these are not courtesy cars but loan cars because they are lent to you while your own car is being repaired, although the terms depend on which level of insurance you chose. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Further gains in the short-term depend on a synchronized global economic recovery. ❋ Unknown (2009)

For the industries that harvest seafood, and the human societies that are obliged to manage these public resources, the implication of these results is one that has not yet been widely integrated into fishery management, namely that productive fisheries that are sustainable over the long term depend on a normally functioning ocean ecosystem. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Both our democracy and the lives of the soldiers who fight in our name depend on it. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Definitions of the word depend on the scholarly purposes they serve. ❋ Unknown (1989)

It might be possible to note these blemishes in another woman's face, but it is not easy to dwell on them in hers, so subtly are they connected with all that is individual and characteristic in her expression, and so closely does the expression depend for its full play and life, in every other feature, on the moving impulse of the eyes. ❋ Unknown (1860)

It might be possible to note these blemishes in another woman's face but it is not easy to dwell on them in hers, so subtly are they connected with all that is individual and characteristic in her expression, and so closely does the expression depend for its full play and life, in every other feature, on the moving impulse of the eyes. ❋ Wilkie Collins (1856)

Although Russia may not be more treacherous than other Powers, when you are making a bargain with her, it is better you should make the efficacy of the terms depend more on your own vigilance than on her good faith. ❋ John Bright (1850)

This talent and this call depend on his organization, or the mode in which the general soul incarnates itself in him. ❋ Ralph Waldo Emerson (1842)

Those build upon Christ, who having sincerely consented to him, as their Prince and Saviour, make it their constant care to conform to all the rules of his holy religion, and therein depend entirely upon him for assistance from God, and acceptance with him, and count every thing but loss and dung that they may win Christ, and be found in him. ❋ Unknown (1721)

United's hopes of claiming a fourth consecutive Barclays Premier League title depend on ❋ Unknown (2010)

United's hopes of claiming a fourth consecutive Barclays Premier League title depend on Wigan denying current leaders Chelsea victory in their final game at Stamford Bridge on Sunday. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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