dépendre — meaning in English

English meaning

• depend verb To rely on someone or something for support, help, or a particular outcome.
• hinge noun A jointed device that lets a door, lid, or gate swing open and closed.

Senses

dépendre is used for these senses in English:

• depend (intransitive, followed by on or upon, formerly also by of like independent does) To be contingent or conditioned; to have something as a necessary condition
• hinge (Should we move, merge or split(+) this sense?) (intransitive, with on or upon) To depend on something.
• hinge on To depend on; to be contingent upon.
• take down To remove something from a hanging position.

depend — full definition

1. verb To rely on someone or something for support, help, or a particular outcome.
2. verb To vary according to circumstances; used to say an answer isn't fixed.

hinge — full definition

1. noun A jointed device that lets a door, lid, or gate swing open and closed.
2. noun A key point on which something else depends.
3. verb To depend entirely on something.

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