Antonyms for depend
dɪˈpɛndde·pend

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1. dependverb

   be contingent upon (something that is elided)

   "That depends"

   Synonyms:
   count, bet, look, reckon, calculate

2. count, bet, depend, look, calculate, reckonverb

   have faith or confidence in

   "you can count on me to help you any time"; "Look to your friends for support"; "You can bet on that!"; "Depend on your family in times of crisis"

   Synonyms:
   figure, seem, bet, suppose, look, reckon, work out, appear, weigh, view, front, estimate, numerate, expect, see, compute, search, think, calculate, cypher, play, opine, aim, imagine, await, wager, enumerate, count, cipher, direct, number, guess, face, attend, regard, wait, consider, forecast, take care, matter, account, count on

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1. dependverb

   Synonyms:
   lean, rely, trust

How to use depend in a sentence?

1. Denis Rodkin:

   Of course it's a very difficult time for us, we really depend on our profession... I hope that this will not last long and everything will be up and running again soon.

2. Rachelle Peterson:

   It's deeply alarming to see the propaganda being taught to American students, but it's even more alarming to see the way that the institutions that students depend on their schools, their teachers, their principals, administrators, how these institutions and these leaders are being molded and shaped to accept the Chinese government's incursions and even to promote them in the name of globalism and intercultural communication.

3. Rudy Giuliani:

   There’s one tradition in America, right? Election is over. We forget about it. There is another tradition in America which is ‘equal justice under the law,’ and it would depend on how bad the violations are.

4. Ron Deis:

   He led by example, he wasn’t an authoritarian type of leader, he led by example. We knew that in combat he was going to be right there with us – probably in front of us, and we knew that we could depend on him. We virtually would have followed him anywhere.

5. Eduardo Espinoza:

   It doesn't depend on us. I'm obliged to comply with the law and the law states we can't interrupt a pregnancy.

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