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depend verb intranzitiv
1. (on, upon) a depinde, a atârna (de);
(fam.) that / it depends! depinde!
it depends on / upon you depinde de dumneata;
that depends upon circumstances depinde / e în funcţie de împrejurări.
2. (în loc. verbale) to depend on / upon a) a depinde de, a trăi pe socoteala (cu gen.), a fi în subzistenţă (cu gen.);
he is depending on his father este întreţinut de tatăl său; b) a se bizui pe, a se încrede în, a conta pe;
you may depend upon him poţi conta / te poţi bizui pe el;
(fam.) (you may) depend upon it! fii sigur! te asigur! crede-mă!
he is to be depended upon este un om de încredere / de cuvânt / de nădejde;
the report is not to be depended upon ştirea nu e sigură;
(fam.) there is no depending upon them nu te poţi bizui pe ei.
Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:
Yes, I wanted you to see how the comfort of all depends on each doing her share faithfully.
(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)
Oh, no; since it is an employment which depends only on me to give, and you to accept.
(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)
And so I should, my dear, you may depend on it; for as I told Mrs. Morland at parting, I would always do the best for you in my power.
(Northanger Abbey, de Jane Austen)
Her aunt often expressed a wish for her, but there was no notice, no message from the uncle on whom all depended.
(Mansfield Park, de Jane Austen)
"Well," said Anne, "I certainly am proud, too proud to enjoy a welcome which depends so entirely upon place."
(Persuasion, de Jane Austen)
Your biggest day will be the solar eclipse in Capricorn on December 25/26 (depending on where you live).
(AstrologyZone.com, de Susan Miller)
Phosphorus is one of only six chemical elements on our planet that organisms depend on.
(Finding Alien Life Unlikely Due to Lack of Phosphorus in Universe, Editura Global Info)
However, the situation depends on many factors.
(Australian bushfire smoke drifts to South America, SciDev.Net)
Then it flashed through my mind that the pain of my death would depend very much upon the position in which I met it.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“It depends on what the things were,” said Holmes.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)