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depend English

Meaning depend meaning

What does depend mean?
Definitions in simple English

depend Verb

— When you depend on something, you need it; you rely on it; you trust it. I knew I could depend on you to meet your aunt at the station.

depend

— verb be contingent upon (something that is elided) That depends — verb (= count, bet, look) 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

Synonyms depend synonyms

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depend English » English

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Topics depend topics

What do people use depend to talk about?
Grammar Connected with, related

Dependency relations
Language and thought Think Opinion

Believe
Social behavior Behavior Do good to Share with

Provide for, support
Social behavior Behavior Honest

Reliable
States Quantity Enough

Need

Conjugation depend conjugation

How do you conjugate depend?

depend · verb

Examples depend examples

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Simple sentences

You must not depend so much on others.
Most big Japanese firms depend on exports.
You can depend on his help.
Your success will largely depend upon how you will make good use of your opportunity.
When bears sleep or lie down, their postures depend on whether they want to get rid of heat or conserve it.
We often fail to realize the extent to which we depend on others.
Prices depend on supply and demand.
Most big Japanese companies depend on exports.
I may do; it would depend on circumstances at the time.
You may depend upon it that the story is exaggerated.
The inhabitants of the city depend upon the river for drinking water.
You may depend on it not happening again.
You depend too much on others.
Let us stop to think how much we depend upon atomic energy.
It's OK now. Don't worry. You can depend on me one hundred percent.
You can depend on this dictionary.
Don't depend on your parents too much.
My wife and children depend on me.
Children depend on their parents for food and clothing.
Does a child's musical talent depend on heredity?

Movie subtitles

There are HUNDREDS of members of staff whose careers, livelihoods and families depend on the success of this unit.
You can depend upon me, sir.
If the attack was from the rear, she had to depend upon her papoose.
Sure he would. I knew I could depend on you.
But you can depend on me, ma'am.
Depend on it.
Depend upon it, gentlemen.
Women will not have to depend upon their male escorts.
You can depend on that.
Thought I could depend on you, but you're as bad as the rest.
Custody of the dog will depend on his own desire.
Do you think peace or war depend on my will?
And I said the way to get in was for you to be important. to stand on your own feet. not depend on your father for everything you want.
It's a good thing Judy doesn't have to depend on me.
It'll depend on his studies.
On your spirit of self-sacrifice and your proven valour depend many lives.
In the Five-Year Plan's third year of struggle, the Donbass' miners must bear in mind that their socialist country's primary industries depend on their efforts.
I knew I could depend on you.
Oh, but. milord I've come to depend on you for the only light and gaiety in my life.
Oh, can I depend on that?
I shall mention your efficient handling of the whole affair. You can depend on that.
You depend upon that?
Remember, your life may depend on this. Witnesses don't follow one about the streets.
There isn't anyone I can depend on.
I know I can always depend on you.
Now be careful because on your answer may depend a man's life.
You can depend upon it.
You may depend upon it.
Just shows you how much a fellow can depend on hunches.
You can depend on me.
Some job to do that will force him to depend upon himself and make his own decisions.
But we don't depend entirely on the fireplace to warm the house.
Lives depend on your silence.
Believe me, my welfare does not depend upon you.
Rather, you depend upon it.

News and current affairs

The lives of the billion poorest people depend on it.
This rich habitat supports remarkable biodiversity - or did before the oil companies got there - and more than 30 million local inhabitants, who depend on the local ecosystems for their health and livelihoods.
When the voters decide in the spring of 2007, their choice may depend more on negative than positive considerations, as it did in 2002, when Chirac faced the odious nationalist Jean-Marie Le Pen in the second round.
Because corals provide the habitat structure on which other reef organisms depend, the decreases in coral cover lead to big decreases in a reef's biodiversity.
The future of tropical marine ecosystems, and the millions of people whose lives are linked to them, depend on it.
Fostering economic growth, realizing the Millennium Development Goals, and combating climate change will all depend on creating a new energy system for the twenty-first century and extending it to every person on the planet.
The affirmative answer seems to depend on two separate claims.
And some in the US Congress want to cut food stamps - on which some 23 million American households depend, threatening the poorest children with hunger.
The differences between the candidates are considerable, and highly consequential for American economic policy and the global economy, although enactment of their programs will depend on the makeup of Congress.
Simply put, freedom in the twenty-first century does not depend on unregulated gun ownership.
The fight to eradicate misery, illiteracy, and corruption, and Islam's embrace of science, do not depend on the results of the Middle East peace process.
This means that we can't answer complex questions that depend on more than one field.
The support that you and your colleagues will get from Israelis and Arabs will depend on the resolve that you show in making serious progress in the peace process.
On the answers will depend the health of the global economy.
Democratic societies depend not only on the foundational principle of free speech, but on the character of political thought and conversation among various constituencies.
Flower growers in Kenya, who depend on air transport to take their short-lived product to Europe, suddenly had no income.
In economic-development circles, experience and common sense suggest that progress, accountability, and hard work start with and depend on women.
That would mean lower imports, creating a potential problem for countries that depend for their employment on exporting to the US.
In the twenty-first century, a truly stable global order will depend on a legitimate and effective UN Security Council, one that reflects the plurality of the emerging multipolar world.
His political future may depend on it.
Park's success will depend, in the end, on the effectiveness of her campaign in further defining her character along those lines.
America, more than in the past, will depend on strong partners and will seek such partnerships.
America's real freedoms depend on sane public policy.
Poor peasants use their own seeds from the preceding season, lack fertilizer, depend on rain rather than irrigation, and have little if any mechanization beyond a traditional hoe.
How Abe decides is likely to depend on his confidence in his political position.
But achieving diplomatic deterrence will depend on China's cooperation, and this requires that China's vital national-security interests be recognized.

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