Depend
verb
To need something or someone in order to exist, or to be successful or effective.
She depends on her parents for financial support.
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- depend on
- depend upon
verb
To be decided by or to change according to the stated thing.
The success of the project depends on the weather.
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- depend on
- it depends on
verb
Used to say that you are not certain about something, and that it will be affected by something else.
I might go to the party, but it depends on how I feel.
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- depends on
- it depends on
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Colloquial
verb
In computing, when a software or hardware relies on another to function.
This software depends on the correct version of the operating system being installed.
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- depend on
- software depends on
verb
To need something or someone in order to exist, or to be successful or effective.
She depends on her parents for financial support.
Often appears as...
- depend on
- depend upon
verb
To be decided by or to change according to the stated thing.
The success of the project depends on the weather.
Often appears as...
- depend on
- it depends on
verb
Used to say that you are not certain about something, and that it will be affected by something else.
I might go to the party, but it depends on how I feel.
Often appears as...
- depends on
- it depends on
Usage tips
Colloquial
verb
In computing, when a software or hardware relies on another to function.
This software depends on the correct version of the operating system being installed.
Often appears as...
- depend on
- software depends on
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Existence Link
Use 'depend' to show one thing can't be without another.
Healthy fish populations depend on clean rivers.
Pro Tip 2/3Success Connection
'Depend' indicates one's success is tied to another element.
Our championship hopes depend on the star player's health.
Pro Tip 3/3Support System
Use 'depend' when talking about relying on others for help.
Many startups depend on investors for initial capital.
Pro Tip 1/3Existence Link
Use 'depend' to show one thing can't be without another.
Healthy fish populations depend on clean rivers.
Pro Tip 2/3Success Connection
'Depend' indicates one's success is tied to another element.
Our championship hopes depend on the star player's health.
Pro Tip 3/3Support System
Use 'depend' when talking about relying on others for help.
Many startups depend on investors for initial capital.
Pro Tip 1/3Existence Link
Use 'depend' to show one thing can't be without another.
Healthy fish populations depend on clean rivers.
Pro Tip 2/3Success Connection
'Depend' indicates one's success is tied to another element.
Our championship hopes depend on the star player's health.
Pro Tip 3/3Support System
Use 'depend' when talking about relying on others for help.
Many startups depend on investors for initial capital.
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How playing sports...
that go beyond the physical and mental benefits of exercise alone. Some of the most significant are psychological benefits, both in the short and long term. Some of those come from the communal experience of being on a team, for instance, learning to trust and depend on others, to accept help, to give help,
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The colossal consequences...
and drastically cooling the atmosphere below. The resulting volcanic winter, along with other effects such as acid rain, can effect multiple continents, disrupting natural cycles and annihilating the plant life on which other organisms, including humans, depend.
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Nature's Oddest Looking...
pigs are omnivores as well as stripping the forests of the fruit the cassowaries depend on they can eat their eggs and even their chicks with such a small population this new threat could see the cassowary disappear forever from
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Particles and waves: The...
like the filament in a light bulb, but to do it, he needed a desperate he said the object was made up of oscillators that could only emit light in discrete chunks, units of energy that depend on the frequency of the light.
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How fire shapes...
with the others how are we going to divide three into two and have something left over because if we fail we simply cede the world to fear Oh fire how we cope will depend however not only on our
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Arctic Wolf Hunts Baby...
last a lifetime forever chasing the seasonal growth of the grass on which they depend like all grassland creatures they are at the mercy of these unpredictable but ultimately bountiful
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What happens when our...
on what we humans do than on what the chimpanzees do themselves. Once there is superintelligence, the fate of humanity may depend on what the superintelligence does. Think about
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Fur Seals Overcome...
or eight years time their life will depend on it my battery's gonna run out which means something amazing is about to happen yeah carnage lovely
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200 Hippos Cause Mayhem...
and the grasses they depend on will soon wither and die most hippos have headed north following their all-important water
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Is math discovered or...
So, is mathematics an invention or a discovery? Artificial construct or universal truth? Human product or natural, possibly divine, creation? These questions are so deep the debate often becomes spiritual in nature. The answer might depend on the specific concept being looked at, but it can all feel like a distorted zen koan.
Video examples
How playing sports...
that go beyond the physical and mental benefits of exercise alone. Some of the most significant are psychological benefits, both in the short and long term. Some of those come from the communal experience of being on a team, for instance, learning to trust and depend on others, to accept help, to give help,
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The colossal consequences...
and drastically cooling the atmosphere below. The resulting volcanic winter, along with other effects such as acid rain, can effect multiple continents, disrupting natural cycles and annihilating the plant life on which other organisms, including humans, depend.
Video examples
Nature's Oddest Looking...
pigs are omnivores as well as stripping the forests of the fruit the cassowaries depend on they can eat their eggs and even their chicks with such a small population this new threat could see the cassowary disappear forever from
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Particles and waves: The...
like the filament in a light bulb, but to do it, he needed a desperate he said the object was made up of oscillators that could only emit light in discrete chunks, units of energy that depend on the frequency of the light.
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How fire shapes...
with the others how are we going to divide three into two and have something left over because if we fail we simply cede the world to fear Oh fire how we cope will depend however not only on our
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Arctic Wolf Hunts Baby...
last a lifetime forever chasing the seasonal growth of the grass on which they depend like all grassland creatures they are at the mercy of these unpredictable but ultimately bountiful
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What happens when our...
on what we humans do than on what the chimpanzees do themselves. Once there is superintelligence, the fate of humanity may depend on what the superintelligence does. Think about
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Fur Seals Overcome...
or eight years time their life will depend on it my battery's gonna run out which means something amazing is about to happen yeah carnage lovely
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200 Hippos Cause Mayhem...
and the grasses they depend on will soon wither and die most hippos have headed north following their all-important water
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Fatih Birol
Turkish Economist
Humanity's future, to say nothing of its prosperity, will depend on how the world tackles two central energy challenges: securing reliable supplies of affordable energy and switching to efficient low-carbon energy.
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Thich Nhat Hanh
Vietnamese Clergyman
You know that your happiness and suffering depend on the happiness and suffering of others. That insight helps you not to do wrong things that will bring suffering to yourself and to other people.
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Stan Lee
American Writer
I've been the luckiest man in the world because I've had friends, and to have the right friends is everything: people you can depend on, people who tell you the truth if you ask something.
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Morgan Freeman
American Actor
One of the things you can always depend on - this is one of the truths of the universe, and you heard it first from here - whatever we decide we want to do is what we do.
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Swami Vivekananda
Indian Clergyman
The whole secret of existence is to have no fear. Never fear what will become of you, depend on no one. Only the moment you reject all help are you freed.
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Gloria Allred
American Lawyer
I'm proud that my clients are working to support themselves and those who depend on them.
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Confucius
Chinese Philosopher
Death and life have their determined appointments; riches and honors depend upon heaven.
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Henry David Thoreau
American Author
True friendship can afford true knowledge. It does not depend on darkness and ignorance.
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Georges St-Pierre
Canadian Athlete
I don't depend on fighting or the UFC to live my life.
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Francesco Guicciardini
Italian Historian
Affairs that depend on many rarely succeed.
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Fatih Birol
Turkish Economist
Humanity's future, to say nothing of its prosperity, will depend on how the world tackles two central energy challenges: securing reliable supplies of affordable energy and switching to efficient low-carbon energy.
Quote examples
Thich Nhat Hanh
Vietnamese Clergyman
You know that your happiness and suffering depend on the happiness and suffering of others. That insight helps you not to do wrong things that will bring suffering to yourself and to other people.
Quote examples
Stan Lee
American Writer
I've been the luckiest man in the world because I've had friends, and to have the right friends is everything: people you can depend on, people who tell you the truth if you ask something.
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Morgan Freeman
American Actor
One of the things you can always depend on - this is one of the truths of the universe, and you heard it first from here - whatever we decide we want to do is what we do.
Quote examples
Swami Vivekananda
Indian Clergyman
The whole secret of existence is to have no fear. Never fear what will become of you, depend on no one. Only the moment you reject all help are you freed.
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Gloria Allred
American Lawyer
I'm proud that my clients are working to support themselves and those who depend on them.
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Confucius
Chinese Philosopher
Death and life have their determined appointments; riches and honors depend upon heaven.
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Henry David Thoreau
American Author
True friendship can afford true knowledge. It does not depend on darkness and ignorance.
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Georges St-Pierre
Canadian Athlete
I don't depend on fighting or the UFC to live my life.
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Francesco Guicciardini
Italian Historian
Affairs that depend on many rarely succeed.
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