de|pend´er

de|pend´er
de|pend «dih PEHND», intransitive verb.
1. to be a result of; be controlled or influenced by something else: »

The success of our picnic will depend partly upon the weather.

2. to have as a support; get help from; rely (on or upon) for help: »

Children depend on their parents for food and clothing. Over the next ten years the [party] continued to depend on a coalition, but the unity of the party was increasingly strained (Observer).

 SYNONYM(S): See syn. under rely. (Cf. ↑rely)
3. to rely (on or upon); trust: »

You can depend on the timetable to tell you when the airplanes leave.

SYNONYM(S): See syn. under rely. (Cf. ↑rely)
4. to hang down; be suspended: »

The chandelier depends from the ceiling.

5. Obsolete. to wait in suspense.
╂[< Old French dependre, learned borrowing from Latin dēpendēre < dē- from + pendēre hang]
–de|pend´er, noun.

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