Depend and Expect

Depend

Depend verb - To be determined by, based on, or subject (to).

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Expect and depend are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Expect" instead a verb "Depend".

Expect verb - To believe in the future occurrence of (something).

Usage example: we expect their arrival late this afternoon

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Depend and expect are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Depend" instead a verb "Expect".

character	depend character	expect character
people	depend people	expect people
amount	depend amount	expect amount
time	depend time	expect time
Other words: bit, less, loads, moments.

As one might expect, they're viking berserkers...who also have a vested interest in having high Mental stats, since their pack-forming abilities depend on Intelligence.

Source: Tabletop Game / New World of Darkness
Seeing them together though makes her realize how much she'd come to depend on Yanagi and expect his company.

Source: Manga / Last Game
Whilst other jobs depend on power from various lost memories, the Natural Chocobo can be used throughout the entire game, and does exactly what you expect a large, yellow bird to do- it runs fast, digs, and kicks things to death, which, again, includes the Destroyer.

Source: Video Game / Chocobo's Dungeon

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