depend on sb/sth
phr. v..phr. v.. To need someone or something for help or support. It can also mean that your plans might change because of something else.
phr. v.. To rely on a person or thing for support; alternately, to be conditional upon or determined by a future event or variable. This is a prepositional verb.
Babies depend on their parents for food.
Whether we go for a picnic depends on the weather tomorrow.
The success of the entire mission ultimately depends on securing the supply lines before the winter storms arrive.
- Particles
- on
- Separability
- inseparable
- Pattern
- depend + on + object
The object can be a person, a thing, or a clause starting with 'whether', 'how', etc.
Distinguish the two core meanings: 'to rely on for support' (e.g., depend on a friend) versus 'to be decided by' (e.g., it depends on the price).
It depends of the traffic.It depends on the traffic.The verb 'depend' always pairs with the preposition 'on', never 'of'.