depend: betekenis en definities

To rely, especially for support or maintenance: Children must depend on their parents.

To place trust or confidence: You can depend on his honesty. See Synonyms at rely.

To be determined, conditioned, or contingent: a grade depending on the results of the final exam.

To have a dependence: began to depend more and more on drugs.

To be pending or undecided, as in a court or legislature.

To hang down: "And ever-living Lamps depend in Rows” ( Alexander Pope).