depend
/dɪˈpɛnd/
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Stress
- 2nd syllable stress
- Vowel
- Short i vowel
- Ending
- Clear final sound
dɪ - ˈpɛnd -> depend
(v) အခြေအနေအရပဲ
❏ that depends; it (all) depends [IDM] အခြေအနေအရပဲ။
‘Can I come?’ ‘That depends: there might not be room in the car. ’ ❍ I don't know if we'll be able to play— it all depends what the weather's like .
❏ depend on/upon sb/sth [PHRV ]
၁။ အားထားသည်။ စိတ်ချသည်။
You can never depend on his arriving on time. ❍ (ironic ) You can depend on her to be (ie She always is ) late. ❍ Depend on it (ie You can be sure): we won't give up.
၂။ စိတ်ချရသည်။ အားကိုးရသည်။
You can't depend on the train arriving on time. ❍ She was the sort of person who could be depended on.
❏ dependable adj အားထားလောက်သော။ ယုံကြည် လောက်သော။
a dependable friend/car. dependability /dÇpendǝ'bÇlǝti/ n [U]
❏ depend on sb/sth (for sth) [PHRV ] (usu not in continuous tenses)
၁။ အားထားသည်။ အားကိုးသည်။
I don't have a car, so I have to depend on the buses. ❍ We depend on the radio for news.
၂။ မှီခိုသည်။
This area depends on the mining industry. ❍ Children depend on their parents for food and clothing.
❏ depend on sth [PHRV ] တည်သည်။ မူတည်သည်။
A lot will depend on how she responds to the challenge. ❍ How much is produced depends on how hard we work.
- [depends what/where/how etc] : ‘How much will I have to pay for a car?’ ‘It depends what sort of car you want.’
- Their future depends on how well they do in these exams.
- [depend entirely/solely on something] : How much money you get depends entirely on your individual circumstances.
- [depend largely on something] : What the products will look like will depend largely on what customers want.
- The project’s success depends on the support of everyone concerned.
- [depend on someone for something] : The young birds depend on their parents for food for several weeks.
- [depend on someone to do something] : The animals all depend on Mr Jackson to feed them.
- I wasn’t worried. I knew I could depend on you.
- She began to sing as if her life depended on it.
- Prices vary depending on the area you choose.
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