depending

Verb

depend (third-person singular simple present depends, present participle depending, simple past and past participle depended)

1. (intransitive) To be contingent or conditioned; to have something as a necessary condition
   • We would like to go skiing, but it depends on the amount of snow.

   Synonyms:

   hinge on, ride, pivot

2. (intransitive) To trust; to have confidence; to rely.
   • we should all be able to depend on the word or assurance of our friends
3. (literary) 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.
   • The long rows of teeth on the bulwarks glistened in the moonlight; and like the white ivory tusks of some huge elephant, vast curving icicles depended from the bows.1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick
4. (archaic) To be pending; to be undetermined or undecided.
   • a cause depending in court
5. (transitive) To cause to be contingent or dependent on; to set as a necessity.
   • There he wilted, obviously depending the disposal of his person and his plight on Bradly, and expecting that to be done at once, too.1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 65