depend

== English == === 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”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /dɪˈpɛnd/ (General American) IPA(key): /dɪˈpɛnd/, /di-/ (weak vowel merger) IPA(key): /dəˈpɛnd/ (General Australian) IPA(key): /dɪˈpend/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): /dəˈpend/ Rhymes: -ɛnd === Verb === depend (third-person singular simple present depends, present participle depending, simple past and past participle depended) (intransitive) To be contingent or conditioned; to have something as a necessary condition [with on or upon; or (obsolete) with of] Synonyms: hinge on, ride, pivot (intransitive) To trust; to have confidence; to rely. [with on or upon (usually)] (now literary, heraldry) 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. (archaic) To be pending; to be undetermined or undecided. (transitive) To cause to be contingent or dependent on; to set as a necessity. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === depending === References === William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “depend”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “depend”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. === Anagrams === pended