Meaning
To need someone or something in order to live or to work, or to be decided by something else.
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Word origin
From Latin dependere, to hang down from, made of de- and pendere meaning to hang.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- dependere
- English cognates
- pending
Grammar
Examples
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To "depend on" someone is to need them.
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"It depends on" means the answer is decided by something else.
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Here "depend on" means you can trust someone.
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 15, lesson 6: depend, possibly, inspector and 7 more words.