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Verb: depend on
  1. Be contingent on
    "Your grade will depend on your homework";
    - devolve on, depend upon, ride, turn on, hinge on, hinge upon
     
  2. Be dependent on, as for support or maintenance
    "elderly parents often depend on their adult children";
    - rely on
     
  3. Put trust in with confidence
    "she is someone you can really depend on when times get rough";
    - depend upon, rely on, rely upon, swear by

Derived forms: depended on, depending on, depends on

Type of: ask, call for, demand, involve, necessitate, need, postulate, require, take, trust