Definitions for depend
dɪˈpɛndde·pend

Princeton's WordNet(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. depend(verb)

   be contingent upon (something that is elided)

   "That depends"

2. count, bet, depend, look, calculate, reckon(verb)

   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"

Wiktionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. depend(Verb)

   To hang down; to be sustained by being fastened or attached to something above.

   Etymology: From dependre, from de- + pendre.

2. depend(Verb)

   To hang in suspense; to be pending; to be undetermined or undecided; as, a cause depending in court.

   Etymology: From dependre, from de- + pendre.

3. depend(Verb)

   To rely on for support; to be conditioned or contingent; to be connected with anything, as a cause of existence, or as a necessary condition; u2014 followed by on or upon, formerly by of.

   Etymology: From dependre, from de- + pendre.

4. depend(Verb)

   To trust; to rest with confidence; to rely; to confide; to be certain; u2014 with on or upon; as, we depend on the word or assurance of our friends; we depend on the mail at the usual hour.

   Etymology: From dependre, from de- + pendre.

5. depend(Verb)

   To serve; to attend; to act as a dependent or retainer.

   Etymology: From dependre, from de- + pendre.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Depend(verb)

   to hang down; to be sustained by being fastened or attached to something above

   Etymology: [F. dpendre, fr. L. dependre; de- + pendre to hang. See Pendant.]

2. Depend(verb)

   to hang in suspense; to be pending; to be undetermined or undecided; as, a cause depending in court

   Etymology: [F. dpendre, fr. L. dependre; de- + pendre to hang. See Pendant.]

3. Depend(verb)

   to rely for support; to be conditioned or contingent; to be connected with anything, as a cause of existence, or as a necessary condition; -- followed by on or upon, formerly by of

   Etymology: [F. dpendre, fr. L. dependre; de- + pendre to hang. See Pendant.]

4. Depend(verb)

   to trust; to rest with confidence; to rely; to confide; to be certain; -- with on or upon; as, we depend on the word or assurance of our friends; we depend on the mail at the usual hour

   Etymology: [F. dpendre, fr. L. dependre; de- + pendre to hang. See Pendant.]

5. Depend(verb)

   to serve; to attend; to act as a dependent or retainer

   Etymology: [F. dpendre, fr. L. dependre; de- + pendre to hang. See Pendant.]

6. Depend(verb)

   to impend

   Etymology: [F. dpendre, fr. L. dependre; de- + pendre to hang. See Pendant.]

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Depend

   Depend is a brand of absorbent, disposable underwear for adults experiencing urinary or fecal incontinence. It is made by Kimberly-Clark. The product was first introduced in 1984. It is the dominant brand of disposable incontinence garments in the United States, with a 30.8 share of the market.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Depend

   de-pend′, v.i. to hang down: to be sustained by or connected with anything: to be pending: to rely: to rest.—adjs. Depend′able, that may be depended on; Depend′ent, depending, relying on, contingent, relative.—n. a subordinate: a hanger-on—also Depend′ant.—ns. Depend′ence, state of being dependent, reliance, trust: that on which one depends—also Depend′ance; Depend′ency, same as Dependence, in the additional sense of a foreign territory dependent on the mother-country, a kind of subordinate colony without self-government.—adj. Depend′ing, still undetermined.—adv. Depend′ingly. [Fr. dépendre—L. dependēre—de, from, and pendēre, to hang.]

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. depend

   as well as all factors, activities, and events of friendly and adversary space forces across the spectrum of conflict.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'depend' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2916

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'depend' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3296

3. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'depend' in Verbs Frequency: #228

Anagrams for depend »

1. pended

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of depend in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of depend in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of depend in a Sentence

1. Dave Goulson:

   If these massive declines continue, the ramifications are enormous, three quarters of our crops depend on insect pollinators. Crops will begin to fail. We won't have things like strawberries.

2. Chen Fengying:

   We cannot be soft with Trump. He is using his 'irrationality' as a tactic and he is trying to confuse us, but if we could accomplish some of the things that he wants us to do - such as IP (intellectual property), market reforms, he'd be helping us. Of course there are risks, those would depend on how we handle those reforms.

3. Vicente Lim:

   I am of the firm conviction that the success of national defense will not depend much on the armaments nor the training of our able-bodied men but will depend 90% on the will of the people to fight for the country.

4. Asli Aydintasbas:

   Whether or not there will be more oxygen in the system for journalists will depend on the result of Sunday's elections, if there is a decline in AKP votes and if they fail to form a single-party government then they'll have to be more compromising, more democratic.

5. Michael Dark:

   Calls, letters — the lives of your loved ones depend on it.

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