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re·li·ant

(rĭ-lī′ənt)

adj.

Having or exhibiting reliance; dependent: reliant on medication.

re·li′ant·ly adv.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

re•li•ant

(rɪˈlaɪ ənt)

adj.

1. having or showing dependence.

2. confident; trustful.

[1855–60]

re•li′ant•ly, adv.

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Adj.

reliant - relying on another for support; "dependent on Middle Eastern oil"

dependent - relying on or requiring a person or thing for support, supply, or what is needed; "dependent children"; "dependent on moisture"

reliant

adjective

Determined or to be determined by someone or something else:

conditional, conditioned, contingent, dependent, relative, subject.

Translations

واثِق، مُعْتَمِد على

odkázanýspoléhající se

afhængig

vertrauensvoll

dépendant

bizalommal levõ

háîur, sem reiîir sig á e-î/e-n

fiducioso

spoliehajúci sa

bağımlı muhtaç

依靠的

reliant

[rɪˈlaɪənt] ADJ to be reliant on sth/sb → depender de algo/algn

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

reliant

[rɪˈlaɪənt] adj
to be reliant on sth/sb → dépendre de qch/qn

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

reliant

adj (= dependent) → angewiesen (→ on, upon auf +acc) ? self-reliant

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

reliant

[rɪˈlaɪənt] adj to be reliant on sth/sb → dipendere da qc/qn

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

rely

(rəˈlai) : rely on verb

1. to depend on or need. The people on the island relied on the supplies that were brought from the mainland; I am relying on you to help me.

2. to trust (someone) to do something; to be certain that (something will happen). Can he rely on him to keep a secret?; He can be relied on; That is what will probably happen, but we can't rely on it.

reˈliable (-ˈlai-) adjective

(negative unreliable) able to be trusted. Is he reliable?; Is this information reliable?

reˌliaˈbility noun

reˈliably (-ˈlai-) adverb

from a reliable source; by a reliable person. I am reliably informed that the Prime Minister is going to resign.

reˈliance (-ˈlai-) noun

a country's reliance on aid from other countries; a child's reliance on its mother.

reˈliant adjective

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Dinah was too entirely reliant on the Supreme guidance to attempt to achieve any end by a deceptive concealment.

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Utterly indifferent, perfectly self- reliant, never at a loss, and yet never at her ease, with her figure in company with them there, and her mind apparently quite alone - it was of no use 'going in' yet awhile to comprehend this girl, for she baffled all penetration.

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D'Artagnan, deceived, did him honor; but D'Artagnan, trustful and reliant, made him feel ashamed.

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'I am self-contained and self- reliant; your opinion is nothing to me; I have no interest in you, care nothing for you, and see and hear you with indifference'--this it said plainly.

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I feared, oh so much, that the appalling nature of our danger was overcoming him when I saw his hand stretch out, but it was life to me to feel its touch, so strong, so self reliant, so resolute.

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He played the usual tricks on the patient coolies pulling the punkahs in the sleeping- rooms where the boys threshed through the hot nights telling tales till the dawn; and quietly he measured himself against his self- reliant mates.

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The visitor, clearly anything but reliant on this assurance, doggedly muttered 'Alfred David.'

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