Definitions for depends

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depends de·pend

Spelling: [dih-pend]

IPA: /dɪˈpɛnd/

Depends is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 98 anagrams from letters in depends (ddeenps).

Definitions for depends

verb (used without object)

1. to rely; place trust (usually followed by on or upon):
2. to rely for support, maintenance, help, etc. (usually followed by on or upon):
3. to be conditioned or contingent (usually followed by on or upon):
4. to be undetermined or pending:
5. Grammar. (of a word or other linguistic form) to be subordinate to another linguistic form in the same construction; to form a part of a construction other than the head.
6. to hang down; be suspended (usually followed by from):

Origin of depends

1375-1425; late Middle English dependen Old French dependre Latin dēpendere to hang down, equivalent to dē- de- + pendere to hang

Examples for depends

"That depends on public opinion, I allow," said Mr. Percival.

Russia depends on oil exports for almost 70 percent of its foreign-currency earnings and almost 50 percent of its annual budget.

It's there; but it depends on yourself, like everything else.

I mean it depends on his permission; his imprimatur; his nihil obstat.

It is not given to every one to be able to do it, but it depends on the will of God, who sees and judges.

But look, it depends on how old I am [laughs], and whether I have the energy anymore.

"That depends on who she is, Monsieur," replied the Colonel, curtly.

It depends on the archaeologist and the circumstances, but I think they would all take their sweet time if they could.

So it depends on what side of the track you want to come from.

And it depends on grand juries who act as a conveyor belt, quickly funneling tens of thousands of young Black men into prison.