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WordBand 5.5–6.5Core (NGSL)

rely

/ɹɪˈlaɪ/

An illustration for rely

verb

able to depend on

  • “He relies on his dad to find job for him.”Tatoeba
  • “She never reads newspapers, relying instead on friends for news.”Tatoeba

Sentences from Tatoeba show real usage. A word can have several meanings, so a sentence may use another one.

Source: New General Service List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)

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