Difference between revisions of "depend"
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− | + | Make person put mind for person or someting. | |
− | + | #: {{ux|dv| If you no work hard, you go dey '''depend''' on your fada. |(Egbokhare_2020, If you do not work hard, you will be depending on your father for survival.)}} | |
− | + | #: {{ux|dv| No I no say you go '''depend''' on dat one. |(JOS_21_Marriage-Talk-With-Oscar-1_DG__142, No, I didn't say you will depend on that one.)}} | |
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− | #: {{ux|dv|No I no say you go '''depend''' on dat one. |(JOS_21_Marriage-Talk-With-Oscar-1_DG__142, No, I didn't say you will depend on that one.)}} | ||
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− | * | + | * [[put mind]] |
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− | * English: rely | + | * English: ''rely'' |
Revision as of 16:13, 28 January 2021
Naija
Alternative forms
- depending 0.88 40, rely 0.87 15, focus 0.85 247, based 0.85 321, depends 0.81 11, behalf 0.79 64, basis 0.76 27, base 0.74 244, penalties 0.70 15
Etymology
Borrowed from English depend
Pronunciation
- dìpɛ̂nd
Frequency
- Frequency in NSC treebank: 9
- Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 785
- Frequency in raw corpus: 116
- Frequency rank in raw corpus: 1889
The word is used more orally than in written texts.
Verb
Make person put mind for person or someting.
- If you no work hard, you go dey depend on your fada. — (Egbokhare_2020, If you do not work hard, you will be depending on your father for survival.)
- No I no say you go depend on dat one. — (JOS_21_Marriage-Talk-With-Oscar-1_DG__142, No, I didn't say you will depend on that one.)
Synonyms
Translations
- English: rely