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"word": "like one's life depended on it"
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"text": "We would like to go skiing, but it depends on the amount of snow.",
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"ref": "1948, John Huston, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, spoken by Dobbs (Humphrey Bogart)",
"text": "Gold don't carry any curse with it. It all depends on whether or not the guy who finds it is the right guy. The way I see it, gold can be as much of a blessing as a curse",
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"To be contingent or conditioned; to have something as a necessary condition; to hinge on."
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"(intransitive, followed by on or upon, formerly also by of) To be contingent or conditioned; to have something as a necessary condition; to hinge on."
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"roman": "nirbhor kora",
"sense": "be contingent or conditioned",
"word": "নির্ভর করা"
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"sense": "be contingent or conditioned",
"word": "dependre"
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"code": "da",
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"sense": "be contingent or conditioned",
"word": "afhænge"
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{
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"sense": "be contingent or conditioned",
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"sense": "be contingent or conditioned",
"word": "riippua"
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"code": "ka",
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"roman": "damoḳidebulia",
"sense": "be contingent or conditioned",
"word": "დამოკიდებულია"
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"sense": "be contingent or conditioned",
"word": "abhängen"
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"sense": "be contingent or conditioned",
"word": "ankommen"
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"roman": "hayá talúy",
"sense": "be contingent or conditioned",
"word": "היה תלוי"
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"sense": "be contingent or conditioned",
"word": "függ"
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"code": "id",
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"sense": "be contingent or conditioned",
"word": "tergantung"
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"sense": "be contingent or conditioned",
"word": "braith"
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"_dis1": "77 1 1 1 20",
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"sense": "be contingent or conditioned",
"word": "dipendere"
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"alt": "いぞんする",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "izon suru",
"sense": "be contingent or conditioned",
"word": "依存する"
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"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "uijonhada",
"sense": "be contingent or conditioned",
"word": "의존하다"
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"code": "ko",
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"sense": "be contingent or conditioned",
"word": "...에 달려 있다"
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"code": "nb",
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"sense": "be contingent or conditioned",
"word": "avhenge"
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"code": "nn",
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"sense": "be contingent or conditioned",
"word": "avhenge"
},
{
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"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "be contingent or conditioned",
"word": "avhange"
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"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "be contingent or conditioned",
"word": "hangian"
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "be contingent or conditioned",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "zależeć"
},
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "be contingent or conditioned",
"word": "depender"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 1 1 1 20",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "be contingent or conditioned",
"word": "depinde"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 1 1 1 20",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zavísetʹ",
"sense": "be contingent or conditioned",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "зави́сеть"
},
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"_dis1": "77 1 1 1 20",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "be contingent or conditioned",
"word": "croch"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 1 1 1 20",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "be contingent or conditioned",
"word": "bi an crochadh"
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"code": "sh",
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"sense": "be contingent or conditioned",
"tags": [
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"word": "овисити"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 1 1 1 20",
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "be contingent or conditioned",
"word": "depender"
},
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"_dis1": "77 1 1 1 20",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "be contingent or conditioned",
"word": "bero på"
},
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"_dis1": "77 1 1 1 20",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "be contingent or conditioned",
"word": "ankomma på"
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"_dis1": "77 1 1 1 20",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "pʉ̂ng",
"sense": "be contingent or conditioned",
"word": "พึ่ง"
},
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"_dis1": "77 1 1 1 20",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zaléžaty",
"sense": "be contingent or conditioned",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "зале́жати"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 1 1 1 20",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "be contingent or conditioned",
"word": "phụ thuộc"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 1 1 1 20",
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "be contingent or conditioned",
"word": "dibynnu"
}
]
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{
"text": "we should all be able to depend on the word or assurance of our friends",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "we depend on the mailman to come at the usual time.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To trust; to have confidence; to rely."
],
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"links": [
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"trust",
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]
],
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"(intransitive, usually followed by on or upon) To trust; to have confidence; to rely."
],
"raw_tags": [
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"_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "bhorśa kora",
"sense": "trust",
"word": "ভরসা করা"
},
{
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "vjarvam",
"sense": "trust",
"word": "вярвам"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "razčitam",
"sense": "trust",
"word": "разчитам"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "a:kui:",
"sense": "trust",
"word": "အားကိုး"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "xìnrèn",
"sense": "trust",
"word": "信任"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "trust",
"word": "信賴"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "xìnlài",
"sense": "trust",
"word": "信赖"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "trust",
"word": "regne med"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "trust",
"word": "stole på"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
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"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "trust",
"word": "vertrouwen"
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{
"_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "trust",
"word": "usaldama"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "trust",
"word": "luottaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "trust",
"word": "turvautua"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
"code": "mba",
"lang": "Higaonon",
"sense": "trust",
"word": "kagsalig"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "trust",
"word": "fare affidamento"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "trust",
"word": "nītor"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "trust",
"word": "whakawhirinaki"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
"code": "mrw",
"lang": "Maranao",
"sense": "trust",
"word": "sarig"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "trust",
"word": "stole på"
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{
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"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "trust",
"word": "stole på"
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{
"_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
"code": "pl",
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"sense": "trust",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "polegać"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "trust",
"word": "confiar"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "polagátʹsja",
"sense": "trust",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "полага́ться"
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"_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
"alt": "на",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "položítʹsja",
"sense": "trust",
"tags": [
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"word": "положи́ться"
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{
"_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "doverjátʹ",
"sense": "trust",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "доверя́ть"
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{
"_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
"code": "es",
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"sense": "trust",
"word": "confiar"
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{
"_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "trust",
"word": "tegemea"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pokladátysja",
"sense": "trust",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "поклада́тися"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "poklástysja",
"sense": "trust",
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],
"word": "покла́стися"
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]
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{
"ref": "1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick",
"text": "The long rows of teeth on the bulwarks glistened in the moonlight; and like the white ivory tusks of some huge elephant, vast curving icicles depended from the bows.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1907, Joseph Conrad, The Secret Agent",
"text": "Bronze chandeliers with many globes depended from the low, slightly vaulted ceiling, and the fresco paintings ran flat and dull all round the walls without windows, representing scenes of the chase and of outdoor revelry in medieval costumes.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1982, Paul Fussell, My War",
"text": "Besides, if you worked up to be a cadet officer, you got to wear a Sam Browne belt, from which depended a nifty saber.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To hang down; to be sustained by being fastened or attached to something above."
],
"id": "en-depend-en-verb-fxXFAFXe",
"raw_glosses": [
"(now literary) To hang down; to be sustained by being fastened or attached to something above."
],
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],
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{
"_dis1": "0 3 97 0 0",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "visja",
"sense": "hang down",
"word": "вися"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 3 97 0 0",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "chuí",
"sense": "hang down",
"word": "垂"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 3 97 0 0",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "hang down",
"word": "hænge ned"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 3 97 0 0",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "hang down",
"word": "hangen"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 3 97 0 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "hang down",
"word": "riippua"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 3 97 0 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "hang down",
"word": "roikkua"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 3 97 0 0",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "hang down",
"word": "pendre"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 3 97 0 0",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "hang down",
"word": "pendere"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 3 97 0 0",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "hang down",
"word": "pendurar"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 3 97 0 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "svisátʹ",
"sense": "hang down",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "свиса́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 3 97 0 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vísnutʹ",
"sense": "hang down",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "ви́снуть"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 3 97 0 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "visétʹ",
"sense": "hang down",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "висе́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 3 97 0 0",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "hang down",
"word": "pender"
}
]
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"examples": [
{
"text": "a cause depending in court",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1703, The History Of King William The Third. In III Parts",
"text": "While the Bishops Affair was depending, the King sent orders [...]",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1836, Reports of Cases Adjudged in the Court of King's Bench",
"text": "In perjury, the capias, warrant, and affidavit, are good evidence that a cause was depending.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1837, The Acts and Monuments of John Foxe, page 544",
"text": "A Letter of the King sent to his Proctors at Rome, concerning a Case of his in the said Court depending.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To be pending; to be undetermined or undecided."
],
"id": "en-depend-en-verb-MXgSOFEz",
"raw_glosses": [
"(archaic) To be pending; to be undetermined or undecided."
],
"tags": [
"archaic"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "4 1 2 89 4",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "be pending",
"word": "være uafgjort"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 1 2 89 4",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "be pending",
"word": "hangende zijn"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 1 2 89 4",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "be pending",
"word": "riippua jostakin"
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"ref": "1907, Joseph Conrad, The Secret Agent",
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"ref": "1982, Paul Fussell, My War",
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"ref": "1703, The History Of King William The Third. In III Parts",
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"sense": "be contingent or conditioned",
"word": "নির্ভর করা"
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"code": "cs",
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"code": "da",
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"sense": "be contingent or conditioned",
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{
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"sense": "be contingent or conditioned",
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{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "be contingent or conditioned",
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"sense": "be contingent or conditioned",
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"code": "ka",
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"roman": "damoḳidebulia",
"sense": "be contingent or conditioned",
"word": "დამოკიდებულია"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "be contingent or conditioned",
"word": "ankommen"
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"sense": "be contingent or conditioned",
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"sense": "be contingent or conditioned",
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"code": "ga",
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"alt": "いぞんする",
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"sense": "be contingent or conditioned",
"word": "依存する"
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"sense": "be contingent or conditioned",
"word": "의존하다"
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"sense": "be contingent or conditioned",
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"code": "mk",
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"code": "nb",
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"sense": "be contingent or conditioned",
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"code": "nn",
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "be contingent or conditioned",
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"code": "ro",
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"sense": "be contingent or conditioned",
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"code": "ru",
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"code": "gd",
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"sense": "be contingent or conditioned",
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"code": "sh",
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"code": "sv",
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"sense": "be contingent or conditioned",
"word": "พึ่ง"
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"code": "uk",
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"roman": "zaléžaty",
"sense": "be contingent or conditioned",
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{
"code": "vi",
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"sense": "be contingent or conditioned",
"word": "phụ thuộc"
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"code": "cy",
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"sense": "be contingent or conditioned",
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"sense": "trust",
"word": "ভরসা করা"
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{
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"sense": "trust",
"word": "အားကိုး"
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{
"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "xìnrèn",
"sense": "trust",
"word": "信任"
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "trust",
"word": "信賴"
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "xìnlài",
"sense": "trust",
"word": "信赖"
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{
"code": "da",
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{
"code": "da",
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"code": "nl",
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{
"code": "et",
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{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "trust",
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "trust",
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{
"code": "mba",
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"sense": "trust",
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{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "trust",
"word": "fare affidamento"
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{
"code": "la",
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{
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{
"code": "nn",
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"code": "pt",
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"code": "ru",
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{
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{
"code": "es",
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{
"code": "sw",
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"sense": "trust",
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{
"code": "uk",
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"code": "uk",
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"sense": "trust",
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{
"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "cìhou",
"sense": "serve",
"word": "伺候"
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{
"code": "fi",
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},
{
"code": "es",
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "visja",
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "chuí",
"sense": "hang down",
"word": "垂"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "hang down",
"word": "hænge ned"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "hang down",
"word": "hangen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "hang down",
"word": "riippua"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "hang down",
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},
{
"code": "fr",
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"word": "pendre"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
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"word": "pendere"
},
{
"code": "pt",
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{
"code": "ru",
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{
"code": "ru",
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
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{
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"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "be pending",
"word": "være uafgjort"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "be pending",
"word": "hangende zijn"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "be pending",
"word": "riippua jostakin"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "be pending",
"word": "pendere"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "be pending",
"word": "croch"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "be pending",
"word": "bi an crochadh"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "be pending",
"word": "pender"
}
],
"word": "depend"
}
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