Synonyms 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:
   hang, be pendent

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1. dependverb

   Synonyms:
   lean, rely, trust

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1. List of paraphrases for "depend":

   rely, count, adopt

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1. Wang Jian:

   Eventually, everything is going to depend on the computing power, just like we depend on electricity.

2. Julio Calzada:

   The harvest will depend on the weather and the economy will depend to a great extent on the harvest.

3. George Bernard Shaw:

   A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.

4. Mario Alfonso Valenzuela:

   As a government we don't depend on him, not the government nor the population, sure, there's a chain (of people) who depend on his businesses, but he's no Robin Hood.

5. Robert Louis Stephenson:

   If your morals make you dreary, depend on it , they are wrong.