depend in English: To need someone or something in order to live or to work, or to be decided by something else. (verb)

Translation

To need someone or something in order to live or to work, or to be decided by something else.

Word origin

From Latin dependere, to hang down from, made of de- and pendere meaning to hang.

Verb typeregular (depend, depends, depended)

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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.

need

To have to have something because it is important or necessary.

trust

To believe that someone is honest and will not hurt you.

help

To do something that makes things easier or better for another person.

support

To help someone or something, or to hold a thing up so that it does not fall.

question

A sentence or words you use when you want someone to give you an answer.

independent

Not needing help or money from other people; free to decide things for yourself.

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