Dependability

Definition

depend /dÇ'pend/ v ❏ that depends; it (all) depends [ IDM ] အေျခအေနအရပဲ။ ‘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။ အားထားသည္။ စိတ္ခ်သည္။ 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။ စိတ္ခ်ရသည္။ အားကိုးရသည္။ You can't depend on the train arriving on time. ❍ She was the sort of person who could be depended on. ❏ dependable adj အားထားေလာက္ေသာ။ ယံုၾကည္ ေလာက္ေသာ။ a dependable friend/car. dependability /dÇpendǝ'bÇlǝti/ n [U] ❏ depend on sb/sth (for sth) [ PHRV ] (usu not in continuous tenses) ၁။ အားထားသည္။ အားကိုးသည္။ I don't have a car, so I have to depend on the buses. ❍ We depend on the radio for news. ၂။ မီွခိုသည္။ This area depends on the mining industry. ❍ Children depend on their parents for food and clothing. ❏ depend on sth [ PHRV ] တည္သည္။ မူတည္သည္။ A lot will depend on how she responds to the challenge. ❍ How much is produced depends on how hard we work.

Examples

1. [depends what/where/how etc] : ‘How much will I have to pay for a car?’ ‘It depends what sort of car you want.’
2. Their future depends on how well they do in these exams.
3. [depend entirely/solely on something] : How much money you get depends entirely on your individual circumstances.
4. [depend largely on something] : What the products will look like will depend largely on what customers want.
5. The project’s success depends on the support of everyone concerned.
6. [depend on someone for something] : The young birds depend on their parents for food for several weeks.
7. [depend on someone to do something] : The animals all depend on Mr Jackson to feed them.
8. I wasn’t worried. I knew I could depend on you.
9. She began to sing as if her life depended on it.
10. Prices vary depending on the area you choose.