DEPENDING

Definition: DEPENDING

DEPENDING

Personal pronoun & verb & noun

1. Of Depend

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "DEPENDING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references)

Circumstance

Conditionally, provided, if, in case; if so, if so be, if it be so; depending on circumstances, in certain circumstances, under certain conditions; if it so happen, if it so turn out; in the event of; in such a contingency, in such a case, in such an event; provisionally, unless, without.

Crosswords: DEPENDING

Hardly, Dude. I'd say he's still got about $960 - $970,000 left, depending on the options (The Big Lebowski; writing credit: Ethan Coen; Joel Coen)

Uh, Dad, depending on how many people are there today, do you think I ocould borrow that rifle to shoot myself (Everwood; writing credit: Michael Green; Rina Mimoun)

The T-virus is protean, changing from liquid to airborne to blood transmission, depending on it's environment (Resident Evil; writing credit: Paul W.S. Anderson)

Uh, depending on the breaks (Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb; writing credit: Peter George; Stanley Kubrick)

Depending on the sock design, could be hilarious (Gilmore Girls; writing credit: Povl Erik Carstensen; Sebastian Dorset)

Depending on how close we was (Girl Next Door; performing artist: Musiq Soulchild)

Mama, I'm depending on you to tell me the truth (Papa Was a Rolling Stone; performing artist: Temptations)

You're trailer trash when the bluebook value of your truck goes up and down, depending on how much gas is in it. (references; author: unknown)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Depending on the light (reference)

• Faith: Depending on God: 9 Studies for Individuals or Groups (Lifeguide Bible Studies) (reference)

• Surviving Life's Jungle: Depending on Grace (Faith in Motion) (reference)

• The History of the Five Indian Nations Depending on the Province of New-York in America (Cornell Paperbacks) (reference)

  (more book examples)

Music

• Depending on Tomorrow (reference)

• Depending on You (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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Tularemia is caused by the bacterium, Francisella tularensis. Symptoms vary depending on how the person was exposed to the disease, and as is shown here, can include skin ulcers. Credit: CDC.

A bucket full of quahogs, Mercenaria mercenaria. Quahogs feed by filtering plankton from the water, pumping up to a gallon per hour or more, depending on temperature. This feeding activity helps to improve water quality and clarity in Narragansett Bay and is an important ecological link between the Bay's water column and its benthic, or bottom-dwelling community. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

Proportional dividers designed to give a scale reduction of either 1/2 or an expansion of 2 times the original scale depending on the need. In: "Geometriae practicae novae et auctae tractatus I[-IV] ..." by Schwenter, Daniel, 1585-1636. Vol. I, page 79. Published posthumously in 1641. Credit: Treasures of the Library.

Figure 45. Rung bathometer, designed by Captain George Rung of the Danish Meteorological Institute. It was a new type of pneumatic sounding device based on the principle advanced by the physician Kristian Prytz, also a Dane. It was considered an advancement on the Thompson tube. Depending on modifications, it could be used from 0 to 200 meters, or from two to three times deeper. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Figure 1. A Cori net, devised by the Austrian Carl Cori at the Trieste zoological station in 1899. This net was used for a variety of studies , primarily depending on the size of the mesh of the net. This net was first tested in the Adriatic near Trieste. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Ranchers in the Salmon Model Watershed are building in-stream irrigation water structures like this one that contains gates that automatically raise and lower depending on the depth of streamflow. The structure also contains a fish ladder to enable fish p. Credit: Joel McNee.

Your baby begins depending on you long before he's born. : Your body is your baby's home. It's no place for a party. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Aren't we depending too much on the pup?. Credit: Library of Congress.

Old miner living in company house, rent free. He was injured while working in the mines several years ago, has been unable to work since. Company provides him free housing, and he lives on here, depending mainly on neighbors for food. Kempton, West Virgin. Credit: Library of Congress.

To everyone in this plant: This plant is engaged upon government work [...] Our country is depending on you / L.N. Britton ; Thomsen-Ellis Co. Baltimore-New York. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

But what is to be done in reference to foreigners, depending much upon their actions, and the variation of designs and interests, must be left in great part to the prudence of those, who have this power committed to them, to be managed by the best of their skill, for the advantage of the common-wealth. (Second Treatise of Government)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Variable, depending on epidemic activity. (references)

Symptoms vary widely depending on etiologic agent. (references)

These symptoms may be mild or severe, depending on the person. (references)

Business

Tariff rates vary depending upon the type of equipment. (references)

End-users are divided depending on which sub-sector they belong. (references)

Terms may also be negotiable depending on the size of the transaction. (references)

Children

Switzerland

Education is free and compulsory for 9 years, from age 6 or 7 through age 16 or 17, depending on the canton. (references)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

In the Federation, minority teachers comprised between 5 and 8 percent of all teachers depending on the Canton. (references)

Kyrgyz Republic

Children who were found were sent to orphanages and police holding centers, depending on the amount of space available. (references)

Civil Liberties

Iraq

University staff are hired and fired depending on their support for the Government. (references)

Morocco

The family law courts are administered, depending on the law that applies, by rabbinical and Islamic authorities who are court officials. (references)

India

The degree to which the BJP's nationalist Hindu agenda is felt throughout the country with respect to religious minorities varies depending on the region. (references)

Discrimination

Afghanistan

Its severity varied from area to area, depending on the local leadership's attitude toward education for girls and employment for women and on local attitudes. (references)

Economic History

Singapore

Period varies depending on the incentive granted. (references)

Honduras

Climate: Tropical to subtropical, depending on elevation. (references)

Human Rights

United Arab Emirates

Prison conditions reportedly are mixed, depending on the location. (references)

Peru

Hospital care is 6 to 8 hours away, depending on road conditions, by overland transportation. (references)

China

These fines are assessed at widely varying levels, depending on the circumstances of the parents. (references)

Political Economy

PANAMA

They are growing sporadically depending on location. (references)

Germany

Each state has between 3 and 6 votes, depending on its population. (references)

HONDURAS

The life of a patent ranges from 10 to 20 years, depending on the importance of the invention. (references)

Political Rights

Yugoslavia

In practice this split the DOS coalition into two factions--the DSS and the remaining 17-party DOS alliance, dominated by Djindjic's Democratic Party--which, depending on the issue, at times voted differently in the Serbian Assembly. (references)

Trade

Guatemala

Tariffs and quotas vary depending on the product. (references)

Ireland

The excise rates vary, depending on the products. (references)

Travel

Taiwan

Rental costs vary considerably, depending on location and size. (references)

Senegal

The rent varies depending upon the location and the length of the lease. (references)

Finland

The cost to rent an apartment varies depending on the size, age, condition and location. (references)

Women

Gambia

Marriages often are arranged and, depending on the ethnic group, polygyny is practiced. (references)

Syria

The law prohibits sexual harassment and specifies different punishments depending on whether the victim is a minor or an adult. (references)

Sierra Leone

In particular their rights and status under traditional law vary significantly depending upon the ethnic group to which they belong. (references)

Worker Rights

Morocco

Responses to cases of child maid abuse vary depending on the situation. (references)

Guatemala

The fines varied depending on the income level of the individual convicted. (references)

Romania

Paid holidays range from 18 to 24 days annually, depending on the employee's length of service. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "DEPENDING": depending on ♦ depending on the circumstances. Additional references.

Ending with "DEPENDING": lot-depending, memory-depending, problems-depending, Self-depending.

Albanian

i varur (ancillary, baggy, conditional, dangling, dependant, dependent, flagging, hanging, in suspense, pendant, pendent, pending, pendulous, pensile, slavish, subject, suspended). (various references)

Arabic 

‏معول (depending on, hoe, mattock, pick, pickaxe, reliant, relying on). (various references)

Chinese 

依靠 (Depend, Depended, Relied, rely, Relying, Resorted, Resorting), 不等 (to differ, to vary). (various references)

Czech

v závislosti na okolnostech (depending on the circumstances). (various references)

Danish

den ferritiske grundmasse aetses ulige kraftigt,eftersom hvordan de forskellige ferritkrystaller er orienteret i forhold til snitfladen (depending on the orientation of the different ferrite grains, the ferrite matrix is etched to different extents), daempningen foraarsaget af skaermen varierer afhaengigt af om straalingsbundtet er smalt eller bredt (the attenuation caused by the screen varies depending on whether the radiation beam is narrow or broad), vaerdier for de forskellige koefficienter og parametre, som skal anvendes for de vigtigste radionuklider, afhaenger af kontaminationsarten og de forskellige oekologiske faktorer, der spiller ind i overfoerings/transport processen (depending on the type of contamination and the different factors which come into play in relation to the transfer process, values of the various coefficients and parameters to be applied in respect of the principal radionuclides), underordnede tjenestegren (depending entity), transmissionafhængigt kraftudtag (gear depending power take-off), traktorens kraftudtag (ground depending power take-off), staalet angribes mere eller mindre, afhaengigt af mediet, selv ved det aktive hvilepotential (depending on the medium, even with an active equilibrium rest potential, the steel is attacked to a greater or less extent), smidiggørelse af lønningerne på baggrund af den enkelte arbejdstagers indsats (flexible approach to remunerations depending on the individual performance), kimene udvikler sig med en hastighed, der afhaenger af muligheden for bortledning af omdannelsesvarmen (the nuclei grow ata rate depending on the ability of the system to dissipate the heat of transformation), hyperbolsk krybelov med spaendingsafhaengige parametre (hyperboiic creep law with parameters depending on stress), gloedeskallen vil rekrystallisere med en inkubationstid, der afhaenger af oxidationshastigheden og af temperaturen (the scale will recrystallise with an incubation period depending on the oxidation rate and on the temperature), forskellige kornstoerrelser kan opnaas, afhaengigt af graden af overhedning og af afkoelingshastigheden (depending on the amount of superheating and on the cooling rate, various grain sizes may be obtained), alt efter eksponeringsgraden,er periodiske lægeundersøgelser påkrævede (depending on the degree of exposure, periodic medical examination is indicated), afhaengigt af arbejdstakten taler man om haerdning i gennemloebsovne eller haerdningi stoedovne (depending on the sequence of operations, reference is made to continuous hardening or progressive hardening), afhængigt kraftudtag (conventional power take-off, engine depending power take-off). (various references)

Dutch

de door afscherming verkregen verzwakking verschilt al naar gelang de stralenbundel smal of breed is (the attenuation caused by the screen varies depending on whether the radiation beam is narrow or broad), de ferrietmatrix wordt ongelijkmatig aangeëtst als gevolg van de oriëntatie van de verschillende ferrietkorrels in het preparaatoppervlak (depending on the orientation of the different ferrite grains, the ferrite matrix is etched to different extents), de kiemen groeien met een snelheid die afhankelijk is van de mogelijkheid om de transformatiewarmte af te voeren (the nuclei grow ata rate depending on the ability of the system to dissipate the heat of transformation), hyperbolische kruipformule met parameters die van de spanning afhangen (hyperboiic creep law with parameters depending on stress), al naar gelang de continuiteit van de behandeling, spreekt men van ?harden in doorgangsoven of van harden in doorstootoven (depending on the sequence of operations, reference is made to continuous hardening or progressive hardening), al naar gelang de mate van oververhitting en de afkoelsnelheid kunnen verschillende korrelgrootten ontstaan (depending on the amount of superheating and on the cooling rate, various grain sizes may be obtained), al naar gelang het milieu wordt staal ook bij een actief rustpotentiaal min of meer aangetast (depending on the medium, even with an active equilibrium rest potential, the steel is attacked to a greater or less extent), geluidsdemping als functie van de frequentie (variation in noise reduction depending on frequency), afhankelijk van de mate van blootstelling is periodiek medisch onderzoek wenselijk (depending on the degree of exposure, periodic medical examination is indicated), grotere flexibiliteit in de beloningsstruktuur,naar persoonlijke prestatie (flexible approach to remunerations depending on the individual performance), waarden van de verschillende coëfficienten en parameters, die voor de voornaamste radionucliden moeten worden toegepast, al naar gelang de besmettingswijze en de verschillende ecologische factoren, die bij de overdracht een rol spelen (depending on the type of contamination and the different factors which come into play in relation to the transfer process, values of the various coefficients and parameters to be applied in respect of the principal radionuclides), in de oxidehuid zal na een van oxidatiesnelheid en temperatuur afhankelijke incubatietijd rekristallisatie optreden (the scale will recrystallise with an incubation period depending on the oxidation rate and on the temperature), krukas-PTO (conventional power take-off, engine depending power take-off, ground independent power take-off), liberalisatie uitsluitend door de oorsprong bepaald (liberalization depending only on origin), motor-PTO (conventional power take-off, engine depending power take-off, ground independent power take-off), ondergeschikte dienst (depending entity), potestatieve voorwaarde (condition depending on the discretion of a party to a contract), trekker-PTO (ground depending power take-off), versnellingsbak-PTO (gear depending power take-off), gevolg van de faillietverklaring dat afhangt van publiciteit (effet of the bankruptcy depending upon advertisement). (various references)

Finnish

uudelleenkiteytyminen (recrystallization, the scale will recrystallise with an incubation period depending on the oxidation rate and on the temperature), sopimusosapuolten tahdosta riippuva ehto (condition depending on the discretion of a party to a contract), sopimusehto (condition depending on the discretion of a party to a contract), riipuuen siitä (depending on whether), rekristallisaatio (recrystallisation, recrystallization, the scale will recrystallise with an incubation period depending on the oxidation rate and on the temperature), lepopotentiaali (depending on the medium, even with an active equilibrium rest potential, the steel is attacked to a greater or less extent). (various references)

French

dépendant (dependent). (various references)

German

abhängig von (dependent, dependent on, depending on), abhängend (hinging, taking down). (various references)

Greek 

εξαρτούμενος. (various references)

Italian

dipendente (ancillary, attendant, dependant, dependent, employee, reliant). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

見方によっては (depending on one's point of view), 状況によって (depending on circumstances, depending on the situation), 甘え (depending on other's kindness), 事によると (depending on the circumstances), 憑依 (dependence, depending on), 依 (depending on), 好みにより (depending on one's preference), によって異なる (according to, because of, by means of, due to, to differ depending on ...), に応じて (dependent on, depending on), 応じて (according to, depending on, in proportion to), 場合によって (depending on the situation, should time and circumstances permit). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

おうじて (according to, depending on, in proportion to), ひょうい (dependence, depending on, gesture), ばあいによって (depending on the situation, should time and circumstances permit), におうじて (dependent on, depending on), によってことなる (to differ depending on ...), い (cure, depending on, doctor, greatness, healing, lean on, medicine, quenching, rest against, stomach, the healing art, twelfth sign of the Chinese zodiac, well), このみにより (depending on one's preference), ことによると (depending on the circumstances), あまえ (depending on other's kindness), じょうきょうによって (depending on circumstances, depending on the situation), みかたによっては (depending on one's point of view), え (bay, depending on, drawing, -fold, grip, handle, inlet, painting, picture, -ply, sketch, type of beefsteak plant, understanding). (various references)

Korean 

의존 (Dependance, Dependence). (various references)

Pig Latin

ependingday.(various references)

Portuguese

dependendo do grau de exposição,são aconselhados exames médicos periódicos (depending on the degree of exposure, periodic medical examination is indicated), variação da atenuação com a frequência (variation in noise reduction depending on frequency), valores dos diversos coeficientes e parâmetros a aplicar para os principais radionúclidos,em função do tipo de contaminação e dos vários factores intervenientes nos processos de transferência (depending on the type of contamination and the different factors which come into play in relation to the transfer process, values of the various coefficients and parameters to be applied in respect of the principal radionuclides), tomada de força descontínua (conventional power take-off, engine depending power take-off), tomada de força dependente do avanço (gear depending power take-off), tomada de força dependente (conventional power take-off, engine depending power take-off), tomada de força "tractor" (ground depending power take-off), flexibilização das remunerações em função dos resultados individuais (flexible approach to remunerations depending on the individual performance), entidade dependente (depending entity), conforme a continuidade da operação,designa-se por têmpera contínua ou têmpera progressiva (depending on the sequence of operations, reference is made to continuous hardening or progressive hardening), a atenuação obtida pelo écran varia consoante o feixe de radiação seja largo ou estreito (the attenuation caused by the screen varies depending on whether the radiation beam is narrow or broad). (various references)

Russian 

зависеть зависящий. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

koji zavisi. (various references)

Spanish

los núcleos se desarrollan a una velocidad que depende de la posibilidad de evaluación del calor de transformación (the nuclei grow ata rate depending on the ability of the system to dissipate the heat of transformation), condición potestativa (condition depending on the discretion of a party to a contract), entidad dependiente (depending entity), está indicado examen médico periódico dependiendo del grado de exposición (depending on the degree of exposure, periodic medical examination is indicated), incluso con un potencial de reposo, el acero es más o menos atacado según el medio (depending on the medium, even with an active equilibrium rest potential, the steel is attacked to a greater or less extent), la atenuación debida a la pantalla en función de la concentración o dispersión del haz de radiación (the attenuation caused by the screen varies depending on whether the radiation beam is narrow or broad), la ley de fluencia hiperbólica en función de parámetros de la tensión (hyperboiic creep law with parameters depending on stress), adaptación salarial al rendimiento personal individualizado (flexible approach to remunerations depending on the individual performance), la recristalización se produce en la calamina tras un tiempo de incubación que depende de la velocidad de oxidación y de la temperatura (the scale will recrystallise with an incubation period depending on the oxidation rate and on the temperature), variación de la atenuación con la frecuencia (variation in noise reduction depending on frequency), se pueden obtener diversos tamaños de grano, dependiendo de la cantidad de sobrecalentamiento y la velocidad de enfriamiento (depending on the amount of superheating and on the cooling rate, various grain sizes may be obtained), según la secuencia de operaciones, se habla de temple continuo o temple escalonado (depending on the sequence of operations, reference is made to continuous hardening or progressive hardening), toma de fuerza dependiente de la marcha del tractor (gear depending power take-off, ground depending power take-off), toma de fuerza discontinua (conventional power take-off, engine depending power take-off), toma de fuerza normal (conventional power take-off, engine depending power take-off), valores de los diferentes coeficientes y parámetros que se utilizan para los principales radionúclidos, en función de la forma de contaminación y de los distintos factores ecológicos que intervienen en la transferencia (depending on the type of contamination and the different factors which come into play in relation to the transfer process, values of the various coefficients and parameters to be applied in respect of the principal radionuclides), la matriz ferrítica se ataca con intensidad diferente según la orientación de los diferentes granos de ferrita con respecto a la superficie de la muestra metalográfica (depending on the orientation of the different ferrite grains, the ferrite matrix is etched to different extents). (various references)

Swedish

beroende (conditional, dependant, dependant on, dependence, dependent, due, habit, reliably, reliance, reliant). (various references)

Welsh

dibynnol (dependent, subjunctive). (various references)

Derivations

Words ending with "DEPENDING": interdepending. (additional references)

Misspellings

"DEPENDING" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: debonding, dependi, deppending, desending. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: deeding, deigned, engined, needing, peening, pending.

-3 letters: denied, denned, depend, dinged, dinned, ending, engine, ginned, indeed, indene, peeing, peined, pended, penned, pinene, pinged, pinned.

-4 letters: deign, diene, dined, dinge, edged, ended, genie, genip, inned, nided, penne, penni, pined.

-5 letters: deed, deep, dene, deni, died, dine, ding, edge, eide, geed, gene, gied, gien, need, neep.

+5 letters: interdepending.