depend
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
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”).
Inflected forms:
form: depends
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: depending
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: depended
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: depended
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To be contingent or conditioned; to have something as a necessary condition
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: We would like to go skiing, but it depends on the amount of snow.
Gold don't carry any curse with it. It all depends on whether or not the guy who finds it is the right guy. The way I see it, gold can be as much of a blessing as a curse
gloss: To trust; to have confidence; to rely.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: we should all be able to depend on the word or assurance of our friends
we depend on the mailman to come at the usual time.
"It's another wedding present, you may depend," Dicky said—"a beastly surprise, I shouldn't wonder."
gloss: 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.
pos: verb
tags: literary
examples: The long rows of teeth on the bulwarks glistened in the moonlight; and like the white ivory tusks of some huge elephant, vast curving icicles depended from the bows.
In the centre is an Imperial Crown, from which depend a Harp of gold and the Badge.
Bronze chandeliers with many globes depended from the low, slightly vaulted ceiling, and the fresco paintings ran flat and dull all round the walls without windows, representing scenes of the chase and of outdoor revelry in medieval costumes.
He had prepared a sort of collar of leather with many straps depending from it.
Besides, if you worked up to be a cadet officer, you got to wear a Sam Browne belt, from which depended a nifty saber.
gloss: To be pending; to be undetermined or undecided.
pos: verb
tags: archaic
examples: a cause depending in court
While the Bishops Affair was depending, the King sent orders [...]
In perjury, the capias, warrant, and affidavit, are good evidence that a cause was depending.
"A Letter of the King sent to his Proctors at Rome, concerning a Case of his in the said Court depending."
gloss: To cause to be contingent or dependent on; to set as a necessity.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: There he wilted, obviously depending the disposal of his person and his plight on Bradly, and expecting that to be done at once, too.
Related words: depending
Derived words: as if one's life depends on it
dependability
dependable
dependancy
dependant
dependee
dependence
dependent
depender
dependingly
depending on
depends who's asking
interdepend
it depends
like one's life depended on it
undepending
where you stand depends on where you sit
Translations:
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 伺候
roman: cìhou
lang: Finnish
word: olla riippuvainen
lang: Spanish
word: atender