DEPENDS Synonyms: 30 Similar and Opposite Words

depends

verb

present tense third-person singular of depend

as in rests

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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as in relies

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 depends But getting Canada to sell medications to Colorado depends on supply. —

Alan Gionet, CBS News, 17 June 2026 That translation also depends on practical supply chain experience, including familiarity with how operational decisions are made, where implementation challenges can arise, and how model outputs are communicated across operations and finance teams. —

Karen Koehler, Charlotte Observer, 17 June 2026 Session length depends on the dose and the clinic’s protocol, which is why drips can take anywhere from a single hour to most of an afternoon. —

Allison Palmer, Kansas City Star, 17 June 2026 But the distribution of those gains depends on policy choices—on tax structure, on union density, on antitrust enforcement, on immigration—that Goldman’s paper does not model. —

Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 17 June 2026 The model of shuffling that the new result depends on, like Bayer and Diaconis’ before it, still assumes that the cards riffle down one by one, rather than in clumps. —

John Pavlus, Quanta Magazine, 17 June 2026 But when your livelihood depends on securing your next contract, raising concerns can feel incredibly difficult. —

Emma Pringle, Deadline, 17 June 2026 Ultimately, however, Printemps’ strategy depends as much on people as products. —

Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 17 June 2026 The whole trick depends on speed. —

Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 17 June 2026

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The food is much better on papal flights with special menus printed with the pope’s coat of arms, which also adorn the head rests.

— Christopher Lamb, CNN Money, 13 June 2026
Their reasoning rests on a point that often gets lost in the conversation.

— Allison Palmer Updated June 13, Kansas City Star, 13 June 2026