to depend on

Examples

• All

• Each image is two-sided; thus, the imagery changes depending on where a viewer stands.

  Academic text (2011)

• Your success in the project will depend on the effort you put into it.

• Well, that depends on how much you need.

• The answer is it really depends on what you like the most.

• So it just depends on the specific card.

• Well, it depends on what you do, but...

  About Cherry (2012)

• The success of communication depends on what is received rather than on what is delivered.

  Academic text (2011)

• We're still going to have to depend on our more traditional sources.

• That depends on what your intentions are.

  Hit Man (2024)

• And the future of Omnicorp depends on it.

  RoboCop (2014)

Synonyms

D

to depend

vsto depend on

∞ 1.1

To be decided by another thing, for example the weather

is the two-word expression that stresses conditional connection

R

to rely

vsto depend on

781 1.1

To trust someone or something to give you help

focuses on being determined, not on having personal trust

R

to rely on

vsto depend on

725 1.0

Trust a person or thing to do what you expect

means contingency without the emotional trust or support aspect

C

to count on

vsto depend on

602 1.8

To trust a person or thing to do what you need

is about being contingent rather than trusting for action

D

to depend upon

vsto depend on

83 2.3

To be decided by something such as the weather

uses the simpler common preposition form instead

R

to ride

vsto depend on

65 5.3

To depend on something for the result

uses neutral contingency without implying direct control by that element

R

to rely upon

vsto depend on

38 2.3

Trust someone or something to do what you need

is about conditional determination rather than personal trust

H

to hinge

vsto depend on

35 4.3

To depend on something for a result

is the phrase form that simply indicates a conditional link

H

to hinge on

vsto depend on

34 4.2

Need one thing to happen for another thing to be true

describes general contingency that may not be fully decided by one thing

T

to turn on

vsto depend on

20 4.1

To depend on something

expresses general contingency rather than highlighting one decisive factor

H

to hinge upon

vsto depend on

• Formal

1 5.5

To depend completely on something for the result

covers broader contingency without implying total dependence

H

to hang upon

vsto depend on

1 5.4

Depend on something that decides the result

expresses the same contingency with more neutral, modern style

How Dependent

to hinge on

34 4.2

to depend on

∞ 1.7

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology