(intransitive, followed by on or upon, formerly also by of) To be contingent or conditioned; to have something as a necessary condition; to hinge on.

The state of being dependent, of relying upon another. / An irresistible physical or psychological need, especially for a chemical substance.

A state of dependence; a refusal to exercise initiative. / Something dependent on, or subordinate to, something else: / A colony, or a territory subject to rule by an external power.

(programming) An agent that depends on another agent, the dependee; the subject of a dependency, a dependent (used in agent-oriented programming)

simple past tense and past participle of depend

present participle of depend

Used to indicate that different situations may produce different results.

plural of depender

plural of dependancy

Archaic form of dependency.