depend

«depend» in Mova's school dictionary: to change according to it: the answer depends on the numbers — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (depend, depends, depended, depending)

meaning for a pupil

1) To depend on something means to change according to it: the answer depends on the numbers. tree →

2) To depend on someone is to need them or trust them: babies depend on their parents. tree →

sense 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 →
• The answer depends on how many groups there are. tree →
• Are we going outside? It depends on the weather. tree →
• Plants depend on sunlight to grow. tree →
• Baby birds depend on their parents for food. tree →
• You can depend on Sam; he always keeps his promises. tree →
• The price depends on the size of the pizza. tree →
• Why, you know that our life depends on him. tree →

note

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

In the corpora

• Many things people love depend on bodies, feelings and being human, such as watching people play sport.
• The future of AI is probably neither all wonderful nor all terrible; it depends on the choices people make.
• The family of an instrument depends on how the sound is made, not on its material.
• The colour of an eggshell depends on the hen's breed, not on how healthy the egg is.
• The domestic silk moth cannot fly properly and no longer lives in the wild; it depends on people completely.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «depend» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.