Synonyms for depend upon
de·pend up·on

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1. depend uponverb

   Synonyms:
   believe, confide in, depend on, rely on, rely upon, trust

   Antonyms:
   distrust, doubt, doubt, mistrust, surmise, suspect

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1. depend on, devolve on, depend upon, ride, turn on, hinge on, hinge uponverb

   be contingent on

   "The outcomes rides on the results of the election"; "Your grade will depends on your homework"

   Synonyms:
   rely upon, trip out, excite, drive, get off, sit, trip, tease, commove, agitate, tantalise, cod, rally, hinge on, turn on, arouse, sex, ride, depend on, devolve on, hinge upon, bait, razz, charge, tantalize, charge up, rouse, taunt, rag, wind up, mount, switch on, twit, rely on

2. depend on, depend upon, rely on, rely uponverb

   put trust in with confidence

   "she is someone you can really rely on when times get rough"; "you can rely on his discretion"

   Synonyms:
   rely on, devolve on, ride, depend on, turn on, rely upon, hinge upon, hinge on

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1. depend upon

   Synonyms:
   DEPEND ON

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1. Zack Buck:

   In terms of long-term stability of the Affordable Care Act, I don't see this as a major threat, but of course, Affordable Care Act matters individuals who depend upon this care.

2. Seneca:

   The greatest loss of time is delay and expectation, which depend upon the future. We let go the present, which we have in our power, and look forward to that which depends upon chance, and so relinquish a certainty for an uncertainty.

3. Susan B. Anthony:

   I declare to you that woman must not depend upon the protection of man, but must be taught to protect herself, and there I take my stand.

4. Robert Louis Stevenson:

   If your morals make you dreary, depend upon it they are wrong. I do not say give them up, for they may be all you have; but conceal them like a vice, lest they should spoil the lives of better and simpler people.

5. Steve Vladeck:

   Potential legal challenges will depend upon how the new regulations are actually worded, but based on what we have heard so far, challengers to the new rules will face an uphill battle because it sounds like the primary thing the President is doing is interpreting an ambiguous federal statute, the President is allowed to adopt reasonable interpretations of ambiguous federal statutes.