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de⋅pend
[di-pend] 
–verb (used without object)
| 1. | to rely; place trust (usually fol. by on or upon): You may depend on the accuracy of the report. |
| 2. | to rely for support, maintenance, help, etc. (usually fol. by on or upon): Children depend on their parents. |
| 3. | to be conditioned or contingent (usually fol. by on or upon): His success here depends upon effort and ability. |
| 4. | to be undetermined or pending: I may go to Europe or I may not, it all depends. |
| 5. | Grammar. (of a word or other linguistic form) to be subordinate to another linguistic form in the same construction; to form a part of a construction other than the head. |
| 6. | to hang down; be suspended (usually fol. by from): The chandelier depends from the ceiling of the ballroom. |
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME dependen < OF dependre < L dēpendere to hang down, equiv. to dē- de- + pendere to hang
1375–1425; late ME dependen < OF dependre < L dēpendere to hang down, equiv. to dē- de- + pendere to hang
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| de·pend (dĭ-pěnd') intr.v. de·pend·ed, de·pend·ing, de·pends
[Middle English dependen, to hang down, from Old French dependre, from Latin dēpendēre : dē-, de- + pendēre, to hang; see (s)pen- in Indo-European roots.] Usage Note: In writing, depend is followed by on or upon when indicating condition or contingency, as in It depends on who is in charge. Omission of the preposition is typical of casual speech. |
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Depend
De*pend"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Depended; p. pr. & vb. n. Depending.] [F. d['e]pendre, fr. L. depend?re; de- + pend?re to hang. See Pendant.]1. To hang down; to be sustained by being fastened or attached to something above. And ever-living lamps depend in rows. --Pope. 2. To hang in suspense; to be pending; to be undetermined or undecided; as, a cause depending in court. You will not think it unnatural that those who have an object depending, which strongly engages their hopes and fears, should be somewhat inclined to superstition. --Burke. 3. 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. The truth of God's word dependeth not of the truth of the congregation. --Tyndale. The conclusion . . . that our happiness depends little on political institutions, and much on the temper and regulation of our own minds. --Macaulay. Heaven forming each on other to depend. --Pope. 4. To trust; to rest with confidence; to rely; to confide; to be certain; -- with on or upon; as, we depend on the word or assurance of our friends; we depend on the mail at the usual hour. But if you 're rough, and use him like a dog, Depend upon it -- he 'll remain incog. --Addison. 5. To serve; to attend; to act as a dependent or retainer. [Obs.] --Shak. 6. To impend. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Language Translation for : depend
Spanish:
contar con, fiarse de,
German:
sich verlassen auf,
Japanese:
当てにする
depend
1413, "to be attached to as a condition or cause," fig. use, from M.Fr. dependre "to hang from, hang down," from L. dependere, from de- "from, down" + pendere "to hang, be suspended" (see pendant). Dependence was spelled -ance from time of borrowing from Fr. c.1400 until respelling c.1800 by influence of Latin; dependant (1523) usually retains the Fr. form. Dependable is from 1735.
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