DEPENDED Synonyms: 32 Similar and Opposite Words

depended

verb

past tense of depend

as in based

to be determined by, based on, or subject (to) whether or not we play baseball will depend on how much rain we get

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Relevance

as in relied

to place reliance or trust I know I can always depend on you for help when I really need it

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Recent Examples of depended The first reason is the need to preserve those who were depended upon heavily en route to winning the title, namely Declan Rice and Martin Zubimendi. — Art De Roché, New York Times, 31 July 2026 According to Chief Engineer Russ Jones, the technology can produce intricate geometries that previously depended on laser powder bed additive manufacturing. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 30 July 2026 Because miners’ tenancy depended on their employment, losing a job often meant losing a home as well. — Elijah Tanall, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 July 2026 Ironically, owners who learn to let others sell often discover the business grows faster than when every opportunity depended on them. — Melissa Houston, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026 Farmers who had long relied primarily on local sources of fertilizer increasingly depended on nutrients transported thousands of miles across the world’s oceans. — Edward D. Melillo, Fortune, 27 July 2026 Although the central government depended on nonprofits throughout the crisis, many nonprofit leaders had little say in planning and coordinating these efforts at a national level. — Tara Kolar Bryan, The Conversation, 22 July 2026 Carol persuades Clark to take out a life-insurance policy on her husband—an unusual request outside of a film noir, though not such a departure from the annals of heterosexuality, in which women have depended on men for security for millennia. — Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 22 July 2026 Processes that once depended on layers of coordination begin collapsing into faster, more autonomous systems. — Nigel Vaz, Time, 20 July 2026

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In addition to the June 2027 trial date, both sides proposed that Maduro’s lawyers file their motion to dismiss the case based on sovereign immunity by September, with oral argument scheduled for November.

— Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 22 July 2026
This investigation is based on activity between March and Sunday, July 12, your response only needs to cover this timeframe.

— Andy Mitten, New York Times, 22 July 2026

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Verb

This included fresh bodies of water like Collect Pond in Lower Manhattan and massive oyster beds along the harbor’s more than 500 miles of shoreline, both cared for and relied on by the Indigenous Lenape peoples.

— Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 30 July 2026
Kawa, wearing a gray suit, acknowledged that Paradigm's customers relied on his false statements about the company's products.

— Daniel Gilbert, CBS News, 30 July 2026