Etymology

From depend +‎ -er (agent noun suffix)Category:English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun)#DEPENDER.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪˈpɛndə(ɹ)/, /də-/, /di-/Category:English 3-syllable words#DEPENDERCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#DEPENDER

• Audio (Southern England):

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  Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#DEPENDER
• Rhymes: -ɛndə(ɹ)Category:Rhymes:English/ɛndə(ɹ)#DEPENDERCategory:Rhymes:English/ɛndə(ɹ)/3 syllables#DEPENDER

Noun

depender (plural dependers)Category:English lemmas#DEPENDERCategory:English nouns#DEPENDERCategory:English countable nouns#DEPENDERCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#DEPENDERCategory:Pages with entries#DEPENDERCategory:Pages with 3 entries#DEPENDER

1. (programmingCategory:en:Programming#DEPENDER) An agent that depends on another agent, the dependee; the subject of a dependency, a dependent (used in agent-oriented programming)

   Synonyms: dependent, dependant

   Antonym: dependee

Etymology

Learned borrowing from LatinCategory:Portuguese terms borrowed from Latin#DEPENDERCategory:Portuguese learned borrowings from Latin#DEPENDERCategory:Portuguese terms derived from Latin#DEPENDER dēpendēre. By surface analysis, de- +‎ penderCategory:Portuguese terms prefixed with de-#PENDER.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: de‧pen‧der

Verb

depender (first-person singular present dependo, first-person singular preterite dependi, past participle dependido)Category:Portuguese lemmas#DEPENDERCategory:Portuguese verbs#DEPENDERCategory:Portuguese verbs ending in -er#DEPENDERCategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#DEPENDERCategory:Pages with entries#DEPENDERCategory:Pages with 3 entries#DEPENDER (transitiveCategory:Portuguese transitive verbs#DEPENDER)

1. to depend [with de ‘on someone/something’]

Further reading

• “depender”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “depender”, in Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisboa: Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, 2001–2026
• “depender”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “depender”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
• “depender”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN

Etymology

From LatinCategory:Spanish terms derived from Latin#DEPENDER dēpendēre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /depenˈdeɾ/ [d̪e.pẽn̪ˈd̪eɾ]Category:Spanish 3-syllable words#DEPENDERCategory:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#DEPENDER
• Rhymes: -eɾCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/eɾ#DEPENDERCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/eɾ/3 syllables#DEPENDER
• Syllabification: de‧pen‧der

Verb

depender (first-person singular present dependo, first-person singular preterite dependí, past participle dependido)Category:Spanish lemmas#DEPENDERCategory:Spanish verbs#DEPENDERCategory:Spanish verbs ending in -er#DEPENDERCategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#DEPENDERCategory:Pages with entries#DEPENDERCategory:Pages with 3 entries#DEPENDER

1. to depend, to be subject to
2. to depend on, to rely on, to hinge on, to depend upon, to rely upon (+ de)
3. to be up to (+ de)

   No me mires así. No depende de mí.

   Don't look at me like that. It isn't up to me.

   Category:Spanish terms with usage examples#DEPENDER

Further reading

• “depender”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025