Depend vs. Dependent

Dependverb

To be contingent or conditioned; to have something as a necessary condition; to hinge on.

‘We would like to go skiing, but it depends on the amount of snow.’;

Dependentadjective

Relying upon; depending upon.

‘At that point I was dependent on financial aid for my tuition.’;

Dependverb

To trust; to have confidence; to rely.

‘we should all be able to depend on the word or assurance of our friends’; ‘we depend on the mailman to come at the usual time.’;

Dependentadjective

(statistics) Having a probability that is affected by the outcome of a separate event.

Dependverb

To hang down; to be sustained by being fastened or attached to something above.

Dependentadjective

Used in questions, negative sentences and after certain particles and prepositions.

Dependverb

(archaic) To be pending; to be undetermined or undecided.

‘a cause depending in court’;

Dependentadjective

(medicine) Affecting the lower part of the body, such as the legs while standing up, or the back while supine.

Dependverb

To hang down; to be sustained by being fastened or attached to something above.

‘And ever-living lamps depend in rows.’;

Dependentadjective

Hanging down.

‘a dependent bough or leaf’;

Dependverb

To hang in suspense; to be pending; to be undetermined or undecided; as, a cause depending in court.

‘You will not think it unnatural that those who have an object depending, which strongly engages their hopes and fears, should be somewhat inclined to superstition.’;

Dependentnoun

(US) One who relies on another for support

‘With two children and an ailing mother, she had three dependents in all.’;

Dependverb

To rely for support; to be conditioned or contingent; to be connected with anything, as a cause of existence, or as a necessary condition; - followed by on or upon, formerly by of.

‘The truth of God's word dependeth not of the truth of the congregation.’; ‘The conclusion . . . that our happiness depends little on political institutions, and much on the temper and regulation of our own minds.’; ‘Heaven forming each on other to depend.’;

Dependentnoun

(grammar) An element in phrase or clause structure that is not the head. Includes complements, modifiers and determiners.

Dependverb

To trust; to rest with confidence; to rely; to confide; to be certain; - with on or upon; as, we depend on the word or assurance of our friends; we depend on the mail at the usual hour.

‘But if you 're rough, and use him like a dog,Depend upon it - he 'll remain incog.’;

Dependentnoun

(grammar) The aorist subjunctive or subjunctive perfective: a form of a verb not used independently but preceded by a particle to form the negative or a tense form. Found in Greek and in the Gaelic languages.

Dependverb

To serve; to attend; to act as a dependent or retainer.

Dependentadjective

Hanging down; as, a dependent bough or leaf.

Dependverb

To impend.

Dependentadjective

Relying on, or subject to, something else for support; not able to exist, or sustain itself, or to perform anything, without the will, power, or aid of something else; not self-sustaining; subordinate; - often with on or upon; as, dependent on God; dependent upon friends. Opposite of independent.

‘England, long dependent and degraded, was again a power of the first rank.’;

Dependverb

be contingent upon (something that is ellided);

‘That depends’;

Dependentadjective

conditional; contingent or conditioned. Opposite of unconditional.

Dependverb

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’;

Dependentadjective

addicted to drugs.

Dependentnoun

One who depends; one who is sustained by another, or who relies on another for financial support or favor; a hanger-on; a retainer; as, a numerous train of dependents.

‘A host of dependents on the court, suborned to play their part as witnesses.’;

Dependentnoun

That which depends; corollary; consequence.

‘With all its circumstances and dependents.’;

Dependentnoun

a person who relies on another person for support (especially financial support)

Dependentadjective

not independent;

‘dependent children’;

Dependentadjective

contingent on something else

Dependentadjective

of a clause; unable to stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence;

‘a subordinate (or dependent) clause functions as a noun or adjective or adverb within a sentence’; ‘the main (or independent) clause in a complex sentence has at least a subject and a verb’;

Dependentadjective

being under the power or sovereignty of another or others;

‘subject peoples’; ‘a dependent prince’;

Dependentadjective

addicted to a drug

Dependentadjective

contingent on or determined by

‘the various benefits will be dependent on length of service’;

Dependentadjective

requiring someone or something for financial or other support

‘an economy heavily dependent on oil exports’; ‘households with dependent children’;

Dependentadjective

unable to do without

‘people dependent on drugs’;

Dependentadjective

(of a clause, phrase, or word) subordinate to another clause, phrase, or word

‘a clause dependent on another clause’;

Dependentnoun

variant spelling of dependant