Synonyms for depend upon
de·pend up·on

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1. depend uponverb

   Synonyms:
   believe, confide in, depend on, rely on, rely upon, trust

   Antonyms:
   distrust, doubt, doubt, mistrust, surmise, suspect

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1. depend on, devolve on, depend upon, ride, turn on, hinge on, hinge uponverb

   be contingent on

   "The outcomes rides on the results of the election"; "Your grade will depends on your homework"

   Synonyms:
   rely upon, trip out, excite, drive, get off, sit, trip, tease, commove, agitate, tantalise, cod, rally, hinge on, turn on, arouse, sex, ride, depend on, devolve on, hinge upon, bait, razz, charge, tantalize, charge up, rouse, taunt, rag, wind up, mount, switch on, twit, rely on

2. depend on, depend upon, rely on, rely uponverb

   put trust in with confidence

   "she is someone you can really rely on when times get rough"; "you can rely on his discretion"

   Synonyms:
   rely on, devolve on, ride, depend on, turn on, rely upon, hinge upon, hinge on

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1. depend upon

   Synonyms:
   DEPEND ON

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How to use depend upon in a sentence?

1. Sir William Temple:

   Human status ought not to depend upon the changing demands of the economic process.

2. Frabcus M. Faber Jt.:

   Does a 'Stair-way' very much or does it depend upon the number pf steps and risers:

3. Doug Meikle:

   The damage done to the reef is not only a disaster from an environmental point of view, but also due to the fact that the livelihoods of local communities depend upon healthy reefs, it's quite remarkable that the ship was so close.

4. Doniella Pliss:

   It would depend upon the legal language, for an insurance company, that is not an ideological issue. ... They will go strictly by what the law is.

5. Seneca:

   The greatest loss of time is delay and expectation, which depend upon the future. We let go the present, which we have in our power, and look forward to that which depends upon chance, and so relinquish a certainty for an uncertainty.