how to pronounce depend

/dɪˈpɛnd/

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depend is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of depend in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… your life may not depend on just how you …”

meaning of depend

Depend means to rely on something or someone for support or help.

depend frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word depend occurs in english on average 35 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics depend can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that depend can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;