"it depends" meaning in English

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Phrase

Head templates: {{head|en|phrase|head=it depends}} it depends
  1. Used to indicate that different situations may produce different results. Translations (it depends): على حسب (ʕála ḥásab) [Egyptian-Arabic] (Arabic), حسب (ḥásab) [South-Levantine-Arabic] (Arabic), 睇情況 (Chinese Cantonese), 睇情况 (tai² cing⁴ fong³) (Chinese Cantonese), 看情況 (Chinese Mandarin), 看情况 (kàn qíngkuàng) (Chinese Mandarin), 取決於…… (Chinese Mandarin), 取决于…… (qǔjuéyú...) (english: it depends on...) (Chinese Mandarin), het hangt ervan af (Dutch), se riippuu (jostakin) (Finnish), ça dépend (French), das kommt darauf an (German), वह निर्भर करता हैं (vah nirbhar kartā ha͠i) (Hindi), attól függ (Hungarian), dipende (Italian), to zależy (Polish), depende (Portuguese), depinde (Romanian), depende (Spanish), det beror på (Swedish), depende (Tagalog)
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        "Used to indicate that different situations may produce different results."
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          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
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          "sense": "it depends",
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          "sense": "it depends",
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          "sense": "it depends",
          "word": "das kommt darauf an"
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          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "vah nirbhar kartā ha͠i",
          "sense": "it depends",
          "word": "वह निर्भर करता हैं"
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          "code": "hu",
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          "sense": "it depends",
          "word": "attól függ"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "it depends",
          "word": "dipende"
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "it depends",
          "word": "to zależy"
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          "sense": "it depends",
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          "sense": "it depends",
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          "sense": "it depends",
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          "sense": "it depends",
          "word": "det beror på"
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          "sense": "it depends",
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      "word": "das kommt darauf an"
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      "code": "hi",
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      "roman": "vah nirbhar kartā ha͠i",
      "sense": "it depends",
      "word": "वह निर्भर करता हैं"
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      "sense": "it depends",
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      "sense": "it depends",
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      "sense": "it depends",
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      "word": "det beror på"
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