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# depend

verb (depend, depends, depended, depending)

«depend» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To depend on something means to change according to it: the answer depends on the numbers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/depend/#m1)
2. To depend on someone is to need them or trust them: babies depend on their parents. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/depend/#m2)

### In the lessons

whether giving adds or subtracts changes with who gives («it depends on who gives to whom»); in science living things depend on each other (bees depend on flowers); in everyday life «It depends» (it is not always the same), «you can depend on me»

### Examples

- Giving can make you have more or less: it depends on who gives to whom. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/depend/#x1)
- The answer depends on how many groups there are. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/depend/#x2)
- Are we going outside? It depends on the weather. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/depend/#x3)
- Plants depend on sunlight to grow. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/depend/#x4)
- Baby birds depend on their parents for food. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/depend/#x5)
- You can depend on Sam; he always keeps his promises. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/depend/#x6)
- The price depends on the size of the pizza. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/depend/#x7)
- Why, you know that our life depends on him. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/depend/#x8)

### Note

«give» has no fixed operation: find who gives and who receives. Always «depend on» (not «depend of»). Adjective «dependable» (can be trusted).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «depend» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/depend/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«depend» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/depend.html) on Mova free.