depend

Meaning

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

depend

rely

rely on

depend on

trust

count

hang down

bet

calculate

look

reckon

bet on

hang

hinge

ride

entrust

count on

trust in

dependent on

hang off

bank

centeron

to be contingent on hang upon

count upon

rest

put confidence

bank on

lot

be dependent

have faith

beetle

dangle

depend upon

devolve on

droop

hinge on

hinge upon

sag

turn on

ensure

guarantee

indemnify

safeguard

secure

subordinate

dependent upon

due

dependent

lodge

mail

remit

send

switch to

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dɪˈpɛnd/

Etymology

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”).