depend

(Anglès)

  1. (intransitive) To be contingent or conditioned; to have something as a necessary condition
  2. (intransitive, usually) To trust; to have confidence; to rely.
  3. (literary) To hang down; to be sustained by being fastened or attached to something above, especially in heraldry, where a badge, decoration, or element is suspended from another part of an achievement of arms.
  4. (archaic) To be pending; to be undetermined or undecided.
  5. (transitive) To cause to be contingent or dependent on; to set as a necessity.

Freqüència

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Pronunciat com a (IPA)
/dɪˈpɛnd/
Etimologia (Anglès)

In summary

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”).

Related words

dépendre de

εξαρτώμαι

afhankelijk zijn

zależeć

βασίζομαι

abhängen von

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