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Etymology
From Middle English relien, from Old French relier (“fasten, attach, rally, oblige”), from Latin religo (“fasten, bind fast”), from re- + ligo.
Pronunciation
Verb
rely (third-person singular simple present relies, present participle relying, simple past and past participle relied)
- (with on or upon, formerly also with in) to trust; to have confidence in; to depend.
- 1993, Flying, volume 120, page 73:
- I relied on "George" and "Fred"—the autopilot and the flight director—to fly the airplane while I worked my way through […]
- 2004, Stephen Walther, ASP.NET unleashed:
- Cookieless sessions enable you to take advantage of session state without relying on browser cookies.
- 2012, BioWare, Mass Effect 3, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Citadel, Huerta Memorial Hospital, Visiting Ashley:
- Shepard: You can't rely on anyone. Sounds harsh, but it's true.
Shepard: It comes down to doing what you think is right--and damn everyone else.
- 2012 May 26, Phil McNulty, “Norway 0-1 England”, in BBC Sport:
- Hodgson also has Wayne Rooney to call on once he has served a two-match suspension at the start of the tournament - and it is abundantly clear England will rely as heavily as ever on his ability to shape the outcome of important games.
- 2013 June 1, “Ideas coming down the track”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, page 13 (Technology Quarterly):
- A “moving platform” scheme […] is more technologically ambitious than maglev trains even though it relies on conventional rails. Local trains would use side-by-side rails to roll alongside intercity trains and allow passengers to switch trains by stepping through docking bays.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:rely.
Derived terms
Translations
rest with confidence
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