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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.
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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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Depending
is always a great word to know.
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| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
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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).
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