it depends
it depends phrase: used to indicate that different situations may produce different results.
Phrase
it depends
- Used to indicate that different situations may produce different results.
- As with any builder asked to quote for a house extension, there will be an intake of breath before you're told: "It depends."2025 July 9, Mel Holley, “How much should a station cost?”, in RAIL, number 1039, page 25
it depends meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Tagalog and Arabic
it depends in Hindi
- it depends
- वह निर्भर करता हैं vah nirbhar kartā ha͠i
it depends in Urdu
- it depends
- صورت حال پر منحصر ہے sūrat-e-hāl par munhasir hai, صورت حال پر انحصار کرتا ہے sūrat-e-hāl par inhisār kartā hai, صورت حال پر دار و مدار ہے sūrat-e-hāl par dār-o-madār hai
it depends in Tagalog
- it depends
- depende
it depends in Arabic
- it depends
- ذلك يعتمد ḏālika yaʕtamidu
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- it depends in Persian
- بستگی دارد bastegi dârad
Questions about it depends
- What does it depends mean?
- It depends means used to indicate that different situations may produce different results.
- What is it depends in Hindi?
- It depends in Hindi is वह निर्भर करता हैं (vah nirbhar kartā ha͠i). See It depends meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is it depends?
- It depends is a phrase.
Words near it depends in the dictionary
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