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verb (used without object)
1.
to rely; place trust (usually followed by on or upon): You may depend on the accuracy of the report.
2.
to rely for support, maintenance, help, etc. (usually followed by on or upon): Children depend on their parents.
3.
to be conditioned or contingent (usually followed by on or upon): His success here depends upon effort and ability.
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to be undetermined or pending: I may go to Europe or I may not, it all depends.
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EXPANDGrammar. (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.
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COLLAPSEto hang down; be suspended (usually followed by from): The chandelier depends from the ceiling of the ballroom.
Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English dependen < Old French dependre < Latin dēpendere to hang down, equivalent to dē- de- + pendere to hang
1375–1425; late Middle English dependen < Old French dependre < Latin dēpendere to hang down, equivalent to dē- de- + pendere to hang
Related forms
in·ter·de·pend, verb (used without object)
re·de·pend, verb (used without object)
self-de·pend·ing, adjective
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is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
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Word Origin & History
depend
early 15c., "to be attached to as a condition or cause," a figurative use, from M.Fr. dependre, lit. "to hang from, hang down," from L. dependere, from de- "from, down" + pendere "to hang, be suspended" (see pendant).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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