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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. Put trust in with confidence
    - depend upon, rely on, rely upon
     
  3. Be dependent on, as for support or maintenance
    "elderly parents often depend on their adult children"
    - rely on

Derived forms: depended on, depending on, depends on