depend

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

rely

rely on

depend on

trust

count

🔢

count on

look

bet

bet on

reckon

trust in

entrust

ride

dependent on

hang

hang down

hinge

calculate

rest

safeguard

sag

secure

send

subordinate

turn on

count upon

have faith

hinge upon

switch to

be dependent

dependent upon

centeron

to be contingent on hang upon

bank

🏦

put confidence

bank on

beetle

🪲

dangle

dependent

depend upon

devolve on

droop

due

ensure

guarantee

hang off

hinge on

indemnify

lodge

lot

Translations

dépendre

dipendere

depender

abhängen

afhangen

depender

εξαρτώμαι

dependre

dépendre de

abhängig

βασίζομαι

compter

🔢

afhankelijk zijn

fare affidamento

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dɪˈpɛnd/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: dependen

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”).