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depend

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verb/dɪˈpɛnd//di-//dəˈpɛnd/
  1. 1

    To be contingent or conditioned; to have something as a necessary conditionintransitive

    • We would like to go skiing, but it depends on the amount of snow.
  2. 2

    To trust; to have confidence; to rely.intransitive

    • we should all be able to depend on the word or assurance of our friends
    • we depend on the mailman to come at the usual time.
  3. 3

    To hang down; to be sustained by being fastened or attached to something above, especially in heraldry, where a badge, decoration, or element is suspended from another part of an achievement of arms.literary

    • The long rows of teeth on the bulwarks glistened in the moonlight; and like the white ivory tusks of some huge elephant, vast curving icicles depended from the bows.
    • In the centre is an Imperial Crown, from which depend a Harp of gold and the Badge.
  4. 4

    To be pending; to be undetermined or undecided.archaic

    • a cause depending in court
  5. 5

    To cause to be contingent or dependent on; to set as a necessity.transitive

    • There he wilted, obviously depending the disposal of his person and his plight on Bradly, and expecting that to be done at once, too.

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