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depend

/dɪˈpɛnd/ verbe A2

En français : dépendre, pendre

  1. To be contingent or conditioned; to have something as a necessary condition (intransitive) · We would like to go skiing, but it depends on the amount of snow.
  2. To trust; to have confidence; to rely. (intransitive) · 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.
  3. To hang down; to be sustained by being fastened or attached to something above, especially in heraldry, where a badge, decoration, or element is suspended from another part of an achievement of arms. (literary)
  4. To cause to be contingent or dependent on; to set as a necessity. (transitive)

He/she/it depends · Prétérit depended · Participe passé depended · Forme en -ing depending

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Dans la bibliothèque

The theories which I have expressed there, and which appear to you to be so chimerical are really extremely practical—so practical that I depend upon them for my bread and cheese.”
A Study in Scarlet, p. 19 · B2
“You may depend on it,” replied the other, “for Mrs.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 308 · B2
His thin but wiry legs were arrayed in a pair of richly embroidered clocked stockings, evidently of English manufacture, while from his three-cornered hat depended a long streaming knot of white and blue ribbons.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 22 · C1
“Now the mischief is out; depend upon it the custom-house people went rummaging about the ship in our absence, and discovered poor Dantès’ hidden treasures.”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 35 · C1

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