rely

CEFRB1

/ɹɪˈlaɪ/

verb

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In plain English

01
verb
To depend on someone or something for help or support.
02
verb
Extra detail
To depend on someone or something with full trust or confidence.

Examples

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

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Extra meaning

In context

You can rely on him.
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I relied on "George" and "Fred"—the autopilot and the flight director—to fly the airplane while I worked my way through […]

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I relied on "George" and "Fred"—the autopilot and the flight director—to fly the airplane while I worked my way through […]
1993, Flying, volume 120, page 73
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2004, Stephen Walther, ASP.NET unleashed
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, BioWare, Mass Effect 3, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Citadel, Huerta Memorial Hospital, Visiting Ashley
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.
2012 May 26, Phil McNulty, “Norway 0-1 England”, in BBC Sport
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.
2013 June 1, “Ideas coming down the track”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, page 13 (Technology Quarterly)

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From Middle English relien, from Old French relier (“fasten, attach, rally, oblige”), from Latin religo (“fasten, bind fast”), from re- + ligo.