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[1]:
      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."

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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[2], 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.

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