DEPEND ON / UPON SB/STH (FOR STH)


Meaning of DEPEND ON / UPON SB/STH (FOR STH) in English

(not usually used in the progressive tenses) to need money, help, etc. from sb/sth else for a particular purpose :

The community depends on the shipping industry for its survival.

I don't want to depend too much on my parents.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.