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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1. Confucius:

   The expectations of life depend upon diligence the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools.

2. Marty Ralph:

   It seems to me this is a storm that's going to help return some moisture to the soil in a significant way that should green up the hills and the fields a bit more than otherwise, and then, a big picture is that this is a storm that's going to set the stage for the watersheds to produce more runoff when the next storm comes, which is going to start filling the depleted reservoirs that they depend upon.

3. Senzeni Zokwana:

   Maize is one of our staple foods which our people depend upon so our department would approach other funding agencies.

4. Sir William Temple:

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

5. Steve Vladeck:

   Potential legal challenges will depend upon how the new regulations are actually worded, but based on what we have heard so far, challengers to the new rules will face an uphill battle because it sounds like the primary thing the President is doing is interpreting an ambiguous federal statute, the President is allowed to adopt reasonable interpretations of ambiguous federal statutes.