ALL meanings of depend
de·pend
D d - verb depend If you say that one thing depends on another, you mean that the first thing will be affected or determined by the second. 3
- verb depend If you depend on someone or something, you need them in order to be able to survive physically, financially, or emotionally. 3
- verb depend If you can depend on a person, organization, or law, you know that they will support you or help you when you need them. 3
- verb depend You use depend in expressions such as it depends to indicate that you cannot give a clear answer to a question because the answer will be affected or determined by other factors. 3
- verb depend to put trust (in); rely (on); be sure (of) 3
- verb depend to be influenced or determined (by); be resultant (from) 3
- verb depend to rely (on) for income, support, etc 3
- verb depend to hang down; be suspended 3
- verb depend to be undecided or pending 3
- intransitive verb depend to be influenced or determined by something else; be contingent (on) 3
- intransitive verb depend to have trust; rely (on) 3
- intransitive verb depend to rely (on) for support or aid 3
- intransitive verb depend to hang down 3
- noun depend Be controlled or determined by. 1
- verb without object depend to rely; place trust (usually followed by on or upon): You may depend on the accuracy of the report. 1
- verb without object depend to rely for support, maintenance, help, etc. (usually followed by on or upon): Children depend on their parents. 1
- verb without object depend to be conditioned or contingent (usually followed by on or upon): His success here depends upon effort and ability. 1
- verb without object depend to be undetermined or pending: I may go to Europe or I may not, it all depends. 1
- verb without object depend 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. 1
- verb without object depend to hang down; be suspended (usually followed by from): The chandelier depends from the ceiling of the ballroom. 1
- intransitive verb depend be undecided 1
- verb depend (now literary) To hang down; to be sustained by being fastened or attached to something above. 0
- verb depend To hang in suspense; to be pending; to be undetermined or undecided; as, a cause depending in court. 0
- verb depend 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. 0
- verb depend 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. 0
- verb depend To serve; to attend; to act as a dependent or retainer. 0