English Online Dictionary. What means depend? What does depend mean?
English
Etymology
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”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɪˈpɛnd/, /də-/, /di-/
- Rhymes: -ɛnd
Verb
depend (third-person singular simple present depends, present participle depending, simple past and past participle depended)
- (intransitive, followed by on or upon, formerly also by of) To be contingent or conditioned; to have something as a necessary condition; to hinge on.
- (intransitive, usually followed by on or upon) To trust; to have confidence; to rely.
- (now literary) To hang down; to be sustained by being fastened or attached to something above.
- (archaic) To be pending; to be undetermined or undecided.
- (transitive) To cause to be contingent or dependent on; to set as a necessity.
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References
- “depend”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “depend”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Anagrams
- pended