to depend
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1.1
- verb
- /dɪˈpɛnd/
:
depender de
- Again, it depends on how you want to approach it.
- varies depending on
- much depends on
- success depends on
How you live depends on which seeds you water.
- How you live depends on which seeds you water.
- Usually it really depends if I'm drunk.
- But I always give goals depending on where someone is.
- Again, it depends on how you want to approach it.
- This becomes even more true depending on how desirable the man is.
- I think, I think it depends on the situation.
- And, and it depends how you take that jail on.
- This one kind of depends in what mood I'm in.
- I think it depends to a certain extent, yes.
- So second thing, it's going to depend how much in taxes.
- So the rates will change depending on how you how you condition.
Examples
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I think, I think it depends on the situation.
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That depends on what your intentions are.
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Well, it depends what the goal is for the year.
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I go to all kinds of places, depending on the projects.
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Well, it depends on the, on the street.
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How you live depends on which seeds you water.
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Well, so it really depends on the condition that I'm treating.
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Whether these minor differences can be considered negligible depends on the nature of the study.
Academic text (2011) -
Workforce development sustainability also depends on the skills and motivation of the workforce.
Academic text (2011) -
The time required to reach a steady concentration depends on the half-life of the drug.
Synonyms
819
1.7
Be affected or decided by something
282
3.1
To decide how something will happen or develop
67
2.3
To be decided by something such as the weather
37
4.2
Need one thing to happen for another thing to be true
12
4.3
To depend on something for a result
2
5.5
To depend completely on something for the result
Depend on something that decides the result
Phrasal Verbs
How Dependent
37
4.2
∞
1.1
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word depend comes from Latin parts de- 'down' and pend 'to hang'. So when something depends on a condition, the result 'hangs on' that condition, meaning the result is decided by it.