<p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>to rely; place trust (usually followed by on or upon): You may depend on the accuracy of the report.</li><li>to rely for support, maintenance, help, etc. (usually followed by on or upon): Children depend on their parents.</li><li>to be conditioned or contingent (usually followed by on or upon): His success here depends upon effort and ability.</li><li>to be undetermined or pending: I may go to Europe or I may not, it all depends.</li><li>(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.</li><li>to hang down; be suspended (usually followed by from): The chandelier depends from the ceiling of the ballroom.</li></ul>