DEPENDED Synonyms: 32 Similar and Opposite Words

depended

verb

past tense of depend

as in based

to be determined by, based on, or subject (to) whether or not we play baseball will depend on how much rain we get

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as in relied

to place reliance or trust I know I can always depend on you for help when I really need it

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Recent Examples of depended The numbers were distributed evenly across the incoming beam, and whether the photon passed the polarizer depended on its number and the polarizer’s angle. — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026 Our survival depended on knowing our place within it, and on strong relations with our neighbors. — Amelia Rose Barlow, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2026 Much depended upon these lectures, and his wife, Eileen, was all too aware of the pressure her husband felt. — Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2026 Before integration, that match depended on manual entry to match billing platform invoices with what Xero recorded. — Kashif Saleem, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026 Starlink has become especially crucial in Ukraine, which has depended on the satellite internet system for military communications and to help launch drones against invading Russia. — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 19 Oct. 2026 The law did not cover every violent crime and depended partly on whether prosecutors could have sought adult prosecution when the offender was a juvenile. — Leigh Egan, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026 The area's flooring industry has long depended on immigrant labor, and many families include a mix of citizens, legal residents, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipients and undocumented immigrants. — Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 17 Oct. 2026 In recent years, Arizona has depended on the Colorado River for 36% of its water. — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026

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Verb

Once selected, funds tracking the Nasdaq 100 could purchase General Motors shares based on index weightings, bringing passive capital inflows to the company.

— , CNBC, 28 Oct. 2026
The documentary premiered on the BBC first, which is how American embassy workers and journalists based in the UK got a look at the film — and started grumbling.

— Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of based

Verb

Netanyahu’s governing coalitions have long relied on ultra-Orthodox Jewish parties that have demanded these exemptions remain in place.

— Giovanna Dell'Orto, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026
Bringing water to Jerusalem Before the aqueduct was built, the landlocked city of Jerusalem relied on the Gihon Spring and rainfall runoff for its entire water supply, Storchan said.

— Michele Chabin, Sun Sentinel, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of relied

Verb

Edwards and Ball combined for 17 points during that spurt, while the Heat missed six of nine shots and turned the ball over on four possessions.

— CBS News, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026
In that incident, surveillance footage — first reported by the Daily News — showed the fare-checkers pushing Brooklyn school aide Kyle Taylor up against a bus stop shelter following a fare dispute that had turned physical.

— Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of turned

Verb

In a stunning political comeback, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has been elected president of Brazil, according to official results from Sunday's runoff election, with more than 96% of the votes counted.

— Catherine Osborn, NPR, 26 Oct. 2026
Everyone who resides in our country matters and should be counted.

— Julie Morita, Time, 25 Oct. 2026