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   depend

   /dɪˈpɛnd/

   verb

   • 1. be controlled or determined by: "differences in earnings depended on a wide variety of factors" Similar be contingent onbe conditional onbe dependent onturn onpivot onhinge onhang onrest onbe based onrely onbe subject tobe controlled bybe determined bybe influenced bybe decided bybe resultant fromrelate to
   • 2. be able to trust; rely on: "we can depend on her to deliver a quality product"
   • ▪ need for financial or other support: "a town which had depended heavily upon the wool industry" Similar rely onplace reliance onlean oncling tobe supported bybe sustained bybe unable to manage withoutcount onbank ontrusttrust input one's trust input one's faith inhave faith inhave (every) confidence inbelieve inswear bybe sure ofpin one's hope on
   • ▪ be grammatically dependent on.
   • 3. hang down: archaic, literary "his tongue depended from open jaws"

   Word Origin late Middle English(in depend (sense 3); also in the sense ‘wait or be in suspense’): from Old French dependre, from Latin dependere, from de- ‘down’ + pendere ‘hang’.

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