Dictionary Entry
depend
depend is a 6-letter English word with 8 senses as intransitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To hang down; to be sustained by being fastened or attached to something above. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 12 · 8 senses
Definitions
- 1intransitive verb
To hang down; to be sustained by being fastened or attached to something above.
- 2intransitive verb
To hang in suspense; to be pending; to be undetermined or undecided; as, a cause depending in court.
- 3intransitive verb
To rely for support; to be conditioned or contingent; to be connected with anything, as a cause of existence, or as a necessary condition; -- followed by on or upon, formerly by of.
- 4intransitive verb
To trust; to rest with confidence; to rely; to confide; to be certain; -- with on or upon; as, we depend on the word or assurance of our friends; we depend on the mail at the usual hour.
- 5intransitive verb
To serve; to attend; to act as a dependent or retainer.
- 6intransitive verb
To impend.
- 7verb
have faith or confidence in
"you can count on me to help you any time"
"Look to your friends for support"
- 8verb
be contingent upon (something that is elided)
"That depends"
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