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How to pronounce depend in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms bank, bet, calculate, count, look, reckon, rely, swear
Type of trust
Derivation dependency
Type Words
Type of be
Has types hang by a hair, hang by a thread
Derivation dependant, dependent


That depends.

Examples of depend

depend
You can't depend on a government regulation or a grant or a subsidy to help you.
From the usatoday.com
Eligibility does not depend on whether you also worked and paid into the system.
From the thenewstribune.com
How the news hits home will depend on your asset allocation and diversification.
From the thenewstribune.com
A stock sale would depend on GM's and the broader financial markets'performance.
From the online.wsj.com
In the months since our son had gotten his license, we'd begun to depend on him.
From the post-gazette.com
Your opportunities for advanced training will depend on where you work and live.
From the suntimes.com
North Korea's military said its response would depend on how South Korea reacts.
From the sfgate.com
They live in shelters or rent rooms, depend on meal sites and may self-medicate.
From the thenewstribune.com
He enjoyed some popular support and did not depend on the Kremlin for his power.
From the cnn.com
More examples
  • Be contingent upon (something that is elided); "That depends"
  • Count: 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"
  • Depend is a brand of unisex adult underwear for those experiencing urinary or fecal incontinence by Kimberly-Clark. They were the first such product, introduced in 1984.
  • To hang down; to be sustained by being fastened or attached to something above; To hang in suspense; to be pending; to be undetermined or undecided; as, a cause depending in court; To rely on for support; to be conditioned or contingent; to be connected with anything, as a cause of existence, ...
  • (depends) A TCB subset A depends (for its correctness) on TCB subset B if and only if the (engineering) arguments of the correct implementation of A with respect to its specification assume, wholly or in part, that the specification of B has been implemented correctly. ...
  • Trust and reliance on others.
  • V. to need help and support