depend
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
depend/dɪˈpend/
▶verb
- 1 (depend on) be controlled or determined by.
- 2 (depend on) rely on.
- 3 archaic or literary hang down.
– phrases
depending on according to.
depending on according to.
– origin ME: from OFr. dependre, from L. dependere, from de- ‘down’ + pendere ‘hang’.
'depend' also found in these Oxford entries:
carbon steel
- dependent
- fixed point
- hinge
- independent variable
- live
- palladium
- pivot
- require
- rest
- ride
- strict liability
