depend on

Questions about depend on

What does depend on mean?

depend on means "be contingent on". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for depend on?

Close synonyms include devolve on, depend upon, ride, turn on, hinge on. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is depend on a common word?

depend on is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.