Rely
verb
To depend on something or someone for support or help.
You can always rely on her to keep a secret
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- rely on someone
- rely on something
verb
To feel sure that something will happen or somebody will do as expected.
She's relying on getting a raise to afford the new house
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- rely on
- fully rely
verb
To trust in a law or principle.
The prosecutor relied on evidence from the crime scene
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- rely on evidence
- rely on law
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Formal
Technical
verb
To use as a basis or foundation for; to base something on.
The study relies on data from various sources
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- rely on data
- rely on facts
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Academic
verb
To depend on something or someone for support or help.
You can always rely on her to keep a secret
Often appears as...
- rely on someone
- rely on something
verb
To feel sure that something will happen or somebody will do as expected.
She's relying on getting a raise to afford the new house
Often appears as...
- rely on
- fully rely
verb
To trust in a law or principle.
The prosecutor relied on evidence from the crime scene
Often appears as...
- rely on evidence
- rely on law
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
verb
To use as a basis or foundation for; to base something on.
The study relies on data from various sources
Often appears as...
- rely on data
- rely on facts
Usage tips
Academic
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Bond
Implying trust in someone else's abilities or character, often in a personal context.
I rely on my brother for advice.
Pro Tip 2/3Implied Necessity
Suggests a strong need for the support that's being relied upon.
Small businesses rely on loyal customers.
Pro Tip 3/3Consistency Expected
Often used when there’s an expectation of consistent help or support.
He relies on his routine to stay organized.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Bond
Implying trust in someone else's abilities or character, often in a personal context.
I rely on my brother for advice.
Pro Tip 2/3Implied Necessity
Suggests a strong need for the support that's being relied upon.
Small businesses rely on loyal customers.
Pro Tip 3/3Consistency Expected
Often used when there’s an expectation of consistent help or support.
He relies on his routine to stay organized.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Bond
Implying trust in someone else's abilities or character, often in a personal context.
I rely on my brother for advice.
Pro Tip 2/3Implied Necessity
Suggests a strong need for the support that's being relied upon.
Small businesses rely on loyal customers.
Pro Tip 3/3Consistency Expected
Often used when there’s an expectation of consistent help or support.
He relies on his routine to stay organized.
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and push fishing industries towards more sustainable practices. Past interventions have successfully helped depleted fish populations recover. There are many solutions. The best approach for each fishery must be considered based on science, respect for the local communities that rely on the ocean, and for fish as wild animals. And then the rules must be enforced.
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How false news can...
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Nature's Oddest Looking...
gentle digestive system so if the cassowaries are at risk all the other plants and animals that rely on them are also in danger invasive species are now the number one threat to Australia's native wildlife they have already contributed to the extinction of
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What makes something...
rooted in the nonsensical logic of the situations described. So on the one hand, it's easy to recognize the Kafkaesque in today's world. We rely on increasingly convoluted systems of administration that have real consequences on every aspect of our lives.
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How to use rhetoric to...
but it may be irrational and unpredictable. It can just as easily rally people for peace as incite them to war. Most advertising, from beauty products that promise to relieve our physical insecurities to cars that make us feel powerful, relies on pathos.
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Filming The World's...
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Why the buildings of the...
We throw out historical symbols, we rely on new, computer-aided design techniques, and we come up with new compositions, forms crashing into forms. This is academic and heady stuff, it's super unpopular, we totally alienate you.
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How does a jellyfish...
With such delicate bodies, they rely on thousands of venom-containing stinging cells called cnidocytes for protection and prey capture. Even baby jellyfish, the size of a pencil eraser, have the ability to sting.
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Giant Centipede PIPE...
completely helpless speaking of grocery shopping the centipede relies on ground vibrations and antennae touch to locate a feast like this one mom senses danger and races to the rescue
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Will the ocean ever run...
and push fishing industries towards more sustainable practices. Past interventions have successfully helped depleted fish populations recover. There are many solutions. The best approach for each fishery must be considered based on science, respect for the local communities that rely on the ocean, and for fish as wild animals. And then the rules must be enforced.
Video examples
How false news can...
As more writers come to rely on such pages for quick information, an unverified fact in a wiki page can make its way into a published article that may later be added as a citation for the very same wiki information, making it much harder to debunk. Recent advances in communication technology
Video examples
Upgrading management...
increase the speed and this is infuriating because we solve this problem in our personal lives at home were used to technology acting like a coach and helping us who in this room hasn't used a mapping application to coach you on how to go anywhere new the first few times we rely on health
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Nature's Oddest Looking...
gentle digestive system so if the cassowaries are at risk all the other plants and animals that rely on them are also in danger invasive species are now the number one threat to Australia's native wildlife they have already contributed to the extinction of
Video examples
What makes something...
rooted in the nonsensical logic of the situations described. So on the one hand, it's easy to recognize the Kafkaesque in today's world. We rely on increasingly convoluted systems of administration that have real consequences on every aspect of our lives.
Video examples
How to use rhetoric to...
but it may be irrational and unpredictable. It can just as easily rally people for peace as incite them to war. Most advertising, from beauty products that promise to relieve our physical insecurities to cars that make us feel powerful, relies on pathos.
Video examples
Filming The World's...
in particular relies on the cassowary to germinate it goes through cassery's gut and once it's done that it is obviously food out and it is able to grow in its own little pile of casserole fertilizer australia's wildlife is found nowhere
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Why the buildings of the...
We throw out historical symbols, we rely on new, computer-aided design techniques, and we come up with new compositions, forms crashing into forms. This is academic and heady stuff, it's super unpopular, we totally alienate you.
Video examples
How does a jellyfish...
With such delicate bodies, they rely on thousands of venom-containing stinging cells called cnidocytes for protection and prey capture. Even baby jellyfish, the size of a pencil eraser, have the ability to sting.
Video examples
Giant Centipede PIPE...
completely helpless speaking of grocery shopping the centipede relies on ground vibrations and antennae touch to locate a feast like this one mom senses danger and races to the rescue
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Charles Barkley
American Baseball Player
Poor people cannot rely on the government to come to help you in times of need. You have to get your education. Then nobody can control your destiny.
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Frank Abagnale
American Celebrity
You cannot rely on the police, you cannot rely on the government, you cannot rely on the bank to protect you.
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Epictetus
Greek Philosopher
Neither should a ship rely on one small anchor, nor should life rest on a single hope.
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Thomas Jefferson
American President
Advertisements contain the only truths to be relied on in a newspaper.
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L'Wren Scott
American Designer
It's so important your customer can rely on you for your classics.
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Uruguayan Athlete
It's important for the team not to be relying on one player.
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Chinese Activist
The fight for democracy relies on community support.
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Australian Producer
We live in a world that relies on technology.
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Richard Cobden
British Businessman
Luck relies on chance, labor on character.
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Malala Yousafzai
Pakistani Activist
You cannot rely on other people's support.
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Charles Barkley
American Baseball Player
Poor people cannot rely on the government to come to help you in times of need. You have to get your education. Then nobody can control your destiny.
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Frank Abagnale
American Celebrity
You cannot rely on the police, you cannot rely on the government, you cannot rely on the bank to protect you.
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Epictetus
Greek Philosopher
Neither should a ship rely on one small anchor, nor should life rest on a single hope.
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Thomas Jefferson
American President
Advertisements contain the only truths to be relied on in a newspaper.
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L'Wren Scott
American Designer
It's so important your customer can rely on you for your classics.
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Luis Suarez
Uruguayan Athlete
It's important for the team not to be relying on one player.
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Joshua Wong
Chinese Activist
The fight for democracy relies on community support.
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James Wan
Australian Producer
We live in a world that relies on technology.
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Richard Cobden
British Businessman
Luck relies on chance, labor on character.
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Malala Yousafzai
Pakistani Activist
You cannot rely on other people's support.
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