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The community depends on the shipping industry for its survival.
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I don't want to depend too much on my parents.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
depend upon something — phrasal verb depend on or depend upon something [transitive] Word forms depend on : present tense I/you/we/they depend on he/she/it depends on present participle depending on past tense depended on past participle depended on 1) formal depend on… … English dictionary
depend upon something for something — deˈpend on/upon sb/sth (for sth) derived (not usually used in the progressive tenses) to need money, help, etc. from sb/sth else for a particular purpose • The community depends on the shipping industry for its survival. • I don t want to depend… … Useful english dictionary
depend upon somebody for something — deˈpend on/upon sb/sth (for sth) derived (not usually used in the progressive tenses) to need money, help, etc. from sb/sth else for a particular purpose • The community depends on the shipping industry for its survival. • I don t want to depend… … Useful english dictionary
depend on somebody for something — deˈpend on/upon sb/sth (for sth) derived (not usually used in the progressive tenses) to need money, help, etc. from sb/sth else for a particular purpose • The community depends on the shipping industry for its survival. • I don t want to depend… … Useful english dictionary
depend — de|pend [ dı pend ] verb *** it/that depends MAINLY SPOKEN used when you cannot give a definite answer, because different things are possible in different situations: sb s department what/where/how/when/whether/if: How much will I have to pay for … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
depend on — phrasal verb depend on or depend upon something [transitive] Word forms depend on : present tense I/you/we/they depend on he/she/it depends on present participle depending on past tense depended on past participle depended on 1) formal depend on… … English dictionary
depend on/upon — [phrasal verb] depend on/upon (someone or something) 1 : to be determined or decided by (something) We re not sure if we ll have the picnic. It depends on the weather. [=if the weather is good we will have the picnic] “Will you go back to… … Useful english dictionary
Depend — De*pend , v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Depended}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Depending}.] [F. d[ e]pendre, fr. L. depend?re; de + pend?re to hang. See {Pendant}.] 1. To hang down; to be sustained by being fastened or attached to something above. [1913 Webster] And … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
depend — [dē pend′, dipend′] vi. [ME dependen < OFr dependre < L dependere, to hang down from < de , down + pendere, to hang: see PENDANT] 1. to be influenced or determined by something else; be contingent (on) 2. to have trust; rely (on) 3. to… … English World dictionary
depend — de|pend W2S1 [dıˈpend] v [Date: 1400 1500; : French; Origin: dépendre, from Latin pendere to hang ] it/that depends spoken used to say that you cannot give a definite answer to something because your answer will be affected by something else ▪… … Dictionary of contemporary English
