Difference between revisions of "depend"

 
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==Naija==
 
==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===
 
===Etymology===
Borrowed from English depend
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From English: ''depend''
 
 
 
===Pronunciation===
 
===Pronunciation===
 
* dìpɛ̂nd
 
* dìpɛ̂nd
 
<sm2>Pcm-ng-depend.f.ogg</sm2>  
 
<sm2>Pcm-ng-depend.f.ogg</sm2>  
<sm2>Pcm-ng-depend.m.ogg</sm2>  
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<sm2>Pcm-ng-depend.m.ogg</sm2>
 
 
===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===
 
===Verb===
Make person put mind for person or someting.
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* Make person put mind for person or someting. Sey di person of someting dey for am.  
#: {{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.)}}
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:* {{ux|dv| If you no work hard, you go dey '''depend''' on your fada. |(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 no that you will rely on it.)}}
====Synonyms====
 
* [[put mind]]
 
 
====Translations====
 
====Translations====
 
* English: ''rely''
 
* English: ''rely''

Latest revision as of 10:31, 5 May 2023

Naija

Etymology

From English: depend

Pronunciation

  • dìpɛ̂nd

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Verb

  • Make person put mind for person or someting. Sey di person of someting dey for am.
  • If you no work hard, you go dey depend on your fada.  — (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 no that you will rely on it.)

Translations

  • English: rely