Based on or contingent upon a given condition
“Blocks change their color depending on the biome they are in.”
Subject to certain conditions
Depending on
Present participle for to require or need in order to work or be successful
“This project will depend on successful identification of technological interventions.”
Present participle for to trust in, or rely on, someone or something
“I never found anyone who fulfilled my needs. A lonely place to be, and so I learned to depend on me.”
(of a proposition) Present participle for to believe as valid or correct
Present participle for to expectantly want something to happen
(of an opinion or conclusion) Present participle for to establish on
Present participle for to subsist or live on a given type of food
Present participle for to depend on, financially or for one's livelihood
(rest on/upon) Present participle for to be based on
(consist in, rare) Present participle for to have as an essential feature
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