depend

Signification (Anglais)

1. To be contingent or conditioned; to have something as a necessary condition; to hinge on.
2. To trust; to have confidence; to rely.
3. To hang down; to be sustained by being fastened or attached to something above.
4. To be pending; to be undetermined or undecided.
5. To cause to be contingent or dependent on; to set as a necessity.

Concepts

dépendre

dépendre de

compter

calculer

pendre

comte

paraître

sembler

avoir confiance en

compter sur

faire confiance à

se fier

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/dɪˈpɛnd/

Étymologie (Anglais)

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”).