1. be controlled or determined by: "differences in earnings depended on a wide variety of factors"Similarbe contingent onbe conditional onbe dependent onturn onpivot onhinge onhang onrest onbe based onrely onbe subject tobe controlled bybe determined bybe influenced bybe decided bybe resultant fromrelate to
2. rely on: "the kind of person you could depend on"
▪ need or require for financial or other support: "a town that had depended heavily upon the wool industry"Similarrely onplace reliance onlean oncling tobe supported bybe sustained bybe unable to manage withoutcount onbank ontrusttrust input one's trust input one's faith inhave faith inhave (every) confidence inbelieve inswear bybe sure ofpin one's hope on
▪ be grammatically dependent on.
3. hang down:archaic, literary"his tongue depended from open jaws"
Word Originlate Middle English(in depend (sense 3); also in the sense ‘wait or be in suspense’): from Old French dependre, from Latin dependere, from de- ‘down’ + pendere ‘hang’.
