depended

Meanings

• Having relied on or been influenced by something or someone.

  - "Example 1: The company's success depended on its ability to attract and retain top talent."
  - "Example 2: My decision to go to college depended on my parents' support and encouragement."

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with depended
deceived , received , perceived , conceived , inceived , preceived , transceived , misconceived , misperceived

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Homophones

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1. depended, dependent
   

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Variants

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depend , depended , depending , depends , inter-depend , inter-depended , inter-dependinginterdepends , inter-depends , interdepend , interdepended , interdepending

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Forms

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depended (past tense) / dependable (adjective) / dependably (adverb) / dependency (noun) / depend on (verb) / dependency theory (subfield of sociology and political science)

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Etymology

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The word 'depended' is the past tense of the verb 'depend'. It comes from the Old French word 'dependre', which means 'to hang'. The sense of the word evolved to mean 'to be contingent upon something' or 'to rely on something'.

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Culture

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The word 'depended' has been used in various literary and cultural contexts to convey the idea of reliance or dependence on something or someone. For instance, in the novel 'To Kill a Mockingbird' by Harper Lee, the character Scout remarks, 'I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand.', to which her father Atticus responds, 'Real courage is when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin and see it through no matter what.', illustrating the concept of courage as the ability to depend on oneself in the face of adversity.

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