Depend

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • verb-intransitive. To rely, especially for support or maintenance: Children must depend on their parents.
  • verb-intransitive. To place trust or confidence: You can depend on his honesty. See Synonyms at rely.
  • verb-intransitive. To be determined, conditioned, or contingent: a grade depending on the results of the final exam.
  • verb-intransitive. To have a dependence: began to depend more and more on drugs.
  • verb-intransitive. To be pending or undecided, as in a court or legislature.
  • verb-intransitive. To hang down: "And ever-living Lamps depend in Rows” ( Alexander Pope).
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To hang down; to be sustained by being fastened or attached to something above.
  • v. To hang in suspense; to be pending; to be undetermined or undecided; as, a cause depending in court.
  • v. To rely on 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.
  • v. 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.
  • v. To serve; to attend; to act as a dependent or retainer.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • verb-intransitive. To hang down; to be sustained by being fastened or attached to something above.
  • verb-intransitive. To hang in suspense; to be pending; to be undetermined or undecided.
  • verb-intransitive. 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.
  • verb-intransitive. To trust; to rest with confidence; to rely; to confide; to be certain; -- with on or upon
  • verb-intransitive. To serve; to attend; to act as a dependent or retainer.
  • verb-intransitive. To impend.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • 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.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. have faith or confidence in
  • v. be contingent upon (something that is elided)
  • Verb Form
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    rely    trust    swear    bank   
    Cross Reference
    hang    rely   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    trust    rely    confide    serve    attend    impend    hinge    turn    hang    rest   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    End    Friend    Mende    Wend    abend    amend    append    apprehend    ascend    attend   
    Same Context
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