depending

English

Verb

depending

1. present participle and gerund of depend
   • 2018, VOA Learning English > China's Melting Glacier Brings Visitors, Adds to Climate Concerns‎:

     Johnson said, “Depending on how it melts, a lot of the freshwater will be leaving the region for the ocean, which will have severe impacts on water and food security."

Derived terms

• depending on

Adjective

depending (not comparable)

1. (heraldry) Suspended or hanging from another element, such as a shield, helmet, crest, or a badge hanging from a chain.
   • 1899, Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, Armorial Families – A Directory of Some Gentlemen of Coat-Armour, Showing which Arms in Use at the Moment are Borne by Legal Authority‎, 3rd edition, page 46:

     Behind the shield are placed in saltire two batons representing that belonging to his office, and round the shield is placed a gold collar of SS, and a triple chain also of gold, and depending from it the proper badge of Lyon King of Arms.

Derived terms

• dependingly

See also

• depend