depend

CEFRA2

/dɪˈpɛnd/

verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To need someone or something for support or success.

  2. 02

    verb

    To be decided by a particular condition or fact.

Examples

  • You must not depend so much on others.

  • You mustn't depend on others for help.

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
3

Also pronounced

  • /di-/
  • /dɪˈpend/

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. 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.

  2. To trust; to have confidence; to rely.

  3. To be contingent or conditioned; to have something as a necessary condition

More examples

In context

  • You can depend on his help.

  • we depend on the mailman to come at the usual time.

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

Synonyms

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Origin

verb

From Middle English dependen, from Old French dependre and Latin dependeō, from Latin dē- + pendeō (“to hang”). In this sense, displaced native Old English hangian (“to hang or depend”).