Depend

verb

/dɪˈpɛnd/

Word Frequency: 28.2

Definitions

1.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.

"We would like to go skiing, but it depends on the amount of snow."

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

"we depend on the mailman to come at the usual time."

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

4.verbTo be pending; to be undetermined or undecided.

"a cause depending in court"

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