Explore Depend through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like rely or swear. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
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Depend meaning
- To be contingent or conditioned; to have something as a necessary condition
- To trust; to have confidence; to rely.
- 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.
Using Depend
- The main meaning on this page is: To be contingent or conditioned; to have something as a necessary condition | To trust; to have confidence; to rely. | 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.
- Useful related words include: be, rely, swear, trust.
- In the example corpus, depend often appears in combinations such as: depend on, will depend, to depend.
Context around Depend
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 13 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Depend
- In this selection, "depend" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, students, directly, longer, mostly and upon stand out and add context to how "depend" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include doesn t depend on the, can t depend on anything, likely depend, doesn depend and depend upon. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "depend" sits close to words such as attitude, nasdaq and graduated, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with depend
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
And it's wrong for long-term New Yorkers that depend on this revenue," Hizzoner said. (16 words)
A lot is going to depend on the current written business, Cristina, how that performs in ‘23. (17 words)
Among them, 14% of recipients depend on these monthly government checks for 90% or more of their income. (18 words)
According to Medline Plus, a site of the United States National Library of Medicine, the amount of sleep each person needs will depend on certain factors, but it is best to be able to sleep between 7 and 10 hours a day. (42 words)
Although Sõnajalg preferred not to discuss the potential size of the subsidy, as that will depend on wind conditions, in response to a question regarding whether it could be around €120 million, he intimated that such a figure is likely. (40 words)
Effect of change in pressure The equilibrium concentrations of the products and reactants do not directly depend on the total pressure of the system but they do depend on the partial pressures of the products and reactants. (37 words)
Example sentences (20)
It doesn’t depend on Egypt, it doesn’t depend on the United States, it doesn’t depend on the Palestinian Authority — all of whom want to destroy Gaza.
Of course, they depend on us for an education, but many of our students depend on us for so much more.
During the raining season, they depend on wells and rain water, while in the dry season, they depend on the river that passes through as well as water vendors.
If there's one thing you can depend on when it comes to kids—it's that you can't depend on anything.
Effect of change in pressure The equilibrium concentrations of the products and reactants do not directly depend on the total pressure of the system but they do depend on the partial pressures of the products and reactants.
Measurements of the 1/e 2 width only depend on three points on the marginal distribution, unlike D4σ and knife-edge widths that depend on the integral of the marginal distribution.
Since dependent type theories allow types to depend on programs, a natural question to ask is whether it is possible for programs to depend on types, or any other combination.
According to her, Nigeria’s economy is now diversified because the country no longer depend on oil and gas.
According to Medline Plus, a site of the United States National Library of Medicine, the amount of sleep each person needs will depend on certain factors, but it is best to be able to sleep between 7 and 10 hours a day.
According to the Plaintiffs, “The credibility and legitimacy of elections depend mostly on the independence and impartiality of those appointed to manage the process.
According to the UN, four million people in Syria depend on humanitarian assistance to survive following years of conflict, economic strife and devastating earthquakes.
A council decision regarding which direction to go — contracted vs. in-house city attorney services — would be made by April 4. Next steps would depend on which direction the council chose.
A debt settlement’s influence in your credit score rating may even depend upon a lot lower than the unique steadiness the debt is settled for and different elements.
All our human successes and failures highly depend on our will, awareness, and the resources available to us to make individual or communal changes.
A lot is going to depend on the current written business, Cristina, how that performs in ‘23.
Although Sõnajalg preferred not to discuss the potential size of the subsidy, as that will depend on wind conditions, in response to a question regarding whether it could be around €120 million, he intimated that such a figure is likely.
Although this may be because of young people’s personal preferences, it may also depend on their different skills, opportunities and available instruments – for example, whether they have high-resolution cameras.
Although this was a heavy blow to morale, the Forsaken have found new hope in leaders like Lilian Voss and Calia Menethil, who believe that the Forsaken can depend on one another for strength.
Among them, 14% of recipients depend on these monthly government checks for 90% or more of their income.
And it's wrong for long-term New Yorkers that depend on this revenue," Hizzoner said.
Phrases with depend
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with depend
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- depend on 180×
- will depend 44×
- to depend 21×
- can depend 10×
- would depend 8×
- that depend 7×
- they depend 6×
- depend upon 6×
- likely depend 5×
- and depend 5×