WordNet
adj. determined by conditions or circumstances not yet established; "arms sales contingent on the approval of congress" [syn: contingent, contingent on(p), dependent on(p), dependant on(p), depending on(p)]
Usage examples of "depending on".
So he just nodded and said he might or might not be back, depending on what they had for him over at the Western Union by the depot.
Walter thought that was precisely what depending on wheat to feed the world was doing, putting the world in jeopardy.
We don't starve to death, but if you want a diet that's fit to match your unprecedented tallness and muscularity you pay not six times as much as your grandfather did but more like nine to ten limes, depending on how you take in your vitamins and other supplements.
The path meandered among frozen limestone mushrooms, great columns, domes, and fantastic shapes that have no names and looked equally like souls in torment or great exotic flowers, depending on the mood one was in.
Guilt for different reasons, depending on the individual, but it would be the predominant experience as they died.
Tell and Tyrel were depending on him not only for food and ammunition but for additional help, and the last thing he wanted was to get into the midst of a shooting fight in which he had no stake.
An idea can turn into dust or magic, depending on the talent that rubs against it.
If we could constantly remind ourselves that everything is nothing but a reflection in our consciousness, more or less sharp, depending on the acuity of our senses, we could then attain a state of lucidity in which reality would resume its true proportions.
This is manifest in the first place with regard to the mental powers, depending on how much the beloved is in the lover, in other words depending on how sweetly and delightfully the beloved is recalled in the mind of the lover, and in direct proportion, that is, with how much the lover strives to grasp all the things that relate to the beloved not just superficially but intimately, and to enter, as it were, into his innermost secrets.
My eye/eyes, depending on the blur, flew every few pages over the f of wordf, w2ord7f, wor27df.
These sick folks are depending on you, whether you know what you're doing here or not.
The Prince of Denmark can steal the royal jewels and run off with Ophelia, or with Rosencrantz, depending on which key you push, because some fants have a keyboard.