depends

[De*pend·]

To depend is to have confidence in something or someone. You can depend on your most loyal friend to show up for your modern dance performance in the park (although you probably can't depend on her liking it).

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

Verb
have faith or confidence in; "you can count on me to help you any time"; "Look to your friends for support"; "You can bet on that!"; "Depend on your family in times of crisis"

Verb
be contingent upon (something that is ellided); "That depends"


v. i.
To hang down; to be sustained by being fastened or attached to something above.

v. i.
To hang in suspense; to be pending; to be undetermined or undecided; as, a cause depending in court.

v. i.
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.

v. i.
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. i.
To serve; to attend; to act as a dependent or retainer.

v. i.
To impend.


Depend

De*pend" , v. i. [imp. & p. p. Depended; p. pr. & vb. n. Depending.] [F. d'82pendre, fr. L. dependre; de- + pendre to hang. See Pendant.] 1. To hang down; to be sustained by being fastened or attached to something above.
And ever-living lamps depend in rows.
2. To hang in suspense; to be pending; to be undetermined or undecided; as, a cause depending in court.
You will not think it unnatural that those who have an object depending, which strongly engages their hopes and fears, should be somewhat inclined to superstition.
3. 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.
The truth of God's word dependeth not of the truth of the congregation.
The conclusion . . . that our happiness depends little on political institutions, and much on the temper and regulation of our own minds.
Heaven forming each on other to depend.
4. 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.
But if you 're rough, and use him like a dog, Depend upon it -- he 'll remain incog.
5. To serve; to attend; to act as a dependent or retainer. [Obs.] Shak. 6. To impend. [Obs.] Shak.

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

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Usage Examples

A small house must depend on its grouping with other houses for its beauty, and for the preservation of light air and the maximum of surrounding open space.

Death and life have their determined appointments riches and honors depend upon heaven.

All the suffering and joy we experience depend on conditions.

But while success and failure depend on conditions, the mind neither waxes nor wanes.

A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.

And that's really what's happening in this country is a violation of the First Commandment. We have become a country entrenched in idolatry, and that idolatry is the dependency upon our government. We're supposed to depend upon God for our protection and our provision and for our daily bread, not for our government.

A government for the people must depend for its success on the intelligence, the morality, the justice, and the interest of the people themselves.

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Other Usage Examples

As far as your personal goals are and what you actually want to do with your life, it should never have to do with the government. You should never depend on the government for your retirement, your financial security, for anything. If you do, you're screwed.

As far as your personal goals are and what you actually want to do with your life, it should never have to do with the government. You should never depend on the government for your retirement, your financial security, for anything.

Age does not depend upon years, but upon temperament and health. Some men are born old, and some never grow so.

Democratic nations must try to find ways to starve the terrorist and the hijacker of the oxygen of publicity on which they depend.

Art works because it appeals to certain faculties of the mind. Music depends on details of the auditory system, painting and sculpture on the visual system. Poetry and literature depend on language.

And finally, no matter how good the science gets, there are problems that inevitably depend on judgement, on art, on a feel for financial markets.

Create your own method. Don't depend slavishly on mine. Make up something that will work for you! But keep breaking traditions, I beg you.

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