"reliance" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɹɪˈlaɪəns/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-reliance.wav Forms: reliances [plural]
Rhymes: -aɪəns Etymology: From rely + -ance. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|rely|ance}} rely + -ance Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} reliance (countable and uncountable, plural reliances)
  1. The act of relying (on or in someone or something); trust. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (The act of relying on someone or something; trust): վստահություն (vstahutʻyun) (Armenian), ышаныс (ışanıs) (Bashkir), доверие (doverie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), упование (upovanie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), turvautuminen (Finnish), confiance [feminine] (French), Verlass [masculine] (German), Vertrauen [neuter] (German), fiducia [feminine] (Italian), confidenza [feminine] (Italian), avhengighet [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), zaufanie [neuter] (Polish), confiança [feminine] (Portuguese), дове́рие (dovérije) [neuter] (Russian), spoliehanie sa (Slovak), dôvera (Slovak), confianza [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-reliance-en-noun-NMxt-VQI Disambiguation of 'The act of relying on someone or something; trust': 62 6 13 20
  2. The condition of being reliant or dependent. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (The condition of being reliant or dependent): разчитане на (razčitane na) (Bulgarian), riippuvaisuus (Finnish), dépendance [feminine] (French), Abhängigkeit [feminine] (German), dipendenza [feminine] (Italian), avhengighet [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), poleganie [neuter] (Polish), bluszczowatość [feminine] (Polish), bluszczowość [feminine] (Polish), dependência [feminine] (Portuguese), závislosť (Slovak), dependencia [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-reliance-en-noun-ZHIOjHoN Disambiguation of 'The condition of being reliant or dependent': 2 91 0 7
  3. (dated) Anything on which to rely; ground of trust. Tags: countable, dated, uncountable
    Sense id: en-reliance-en-noun-jT0B7rq~
  4. A person or thing which relies on another. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (A person or thing which relies on another): Vertrauende [masculine] (German), Abhängige [masculine] (German), affidamento [masculine] (Italian), dependiente [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-reliance-en-noun-RdFYgqyf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ance, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Bashkir translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 22 1 50 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ance: 24 19 3 54 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 21 29 2 49 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 28 14 1 57 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 24 15 1 59 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 13 21 2 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Bashkir translations: 17 23 3 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 17 26 3 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 17 26 3 55 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 18 21 2 59 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 18 22 3 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 18 20 2 60 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 18 24 3 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 18 26 2 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 13 23 2 62 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 18 17 2 62 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 13 23 2 62 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 17 15 1 66 Disambiguation of 'A person or thing which relies on another': 4 4 2 90
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: relyance [obsolete] Derived forms: engendered reliance, overreliance, over-reliance, self-reliance

Inflected forms

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          "text": "Your reliance on his expertise may be misplaced.",
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          "ref": "c. 1605–1608, William Shakespeare, “The Life of Tymon of Athens”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:",
          "text": "[…] his days and times are past\nAnd my reliances on his fracted [i.e. broken] dates\nHave smit my credit:",
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          "ref": "1752, Charlotte Lennox, The Female Quixote, London: A. Millar, Volume 2, Book 9, Chapter 9, p. 288:",
          "text": "How unfavourable is Chance, said Arabella fretting at the Disappointment, to Persons who have any Reliance upon it!",
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          "ref": "1867, Thomas Babington Macaulay, “Samuel Johnson”, in Biographical and Historical Sketches, New York: Appleton, page 54:",
          "text": "It was out of his power to support his son at either university; but a wealthy neighbor offered assistance; and, in reliance on promises which proved to be of very little value, Samuel was entered at Pembroke College, Oxford.",
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          "ref": "1912, W. Somerset Maugham, Mrs. Dot, London: Heinemann, act 2, page 89:",
          "text": "I put infinite reliance in your tact.",
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          "ref": "1962, C. S. Forester, chapter 3, in Hornblower and the Hotspur, London: Michael, Joseph:",
          "text": "Hornblower could see in a flash that he could place implicit reliance on Bush’s seamanship.",
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          "text": "The industry is working to phase out its reliance on fossil fuels.",
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          "ref": "1933 September 25, “‘Rumbling’ & ‘Goosing’”, in Time:",
          "text": "[…] he contended that habitual reliance on engine power causes a pilot to lose his ability to make a forced landing “deadstick” if necessary.",
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          "ref": "2016 July 20, Roger Wilkins, “Australia’s economic wellbeing is at a standstill as rift between young and old widens”, in The Guardian:",
          "text": "Poverty in Australia has declined, welfare reliance has stabilised and long-term poverty is becoming rare—but overall economic wellbeing is no longer improving […]",
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          "ref": "1593, Thomas Nashe, Christs Teares ouer Ierusalem, London: Thomas Thorp, published 1613, page 69:",
          "text": "Thou wert once the chiefe pillar of my posterity, and the whole reliance of my name:",
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          "ref": "1656, Robertson Sanderson, Twenty Sermons, London: Henry Seile, Sermon 14, p. 280:",
          "text": "A horse is counted but a vain thing, […] to save a man. So are Chariots, and Forts, and Armies, and Navies, and all earthly reliances.",
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          "ref": "1741, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter XXXII”, in Pamela: Or, Virtue Rewarded. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: […] C[harles] Rivington, […]; and J. Osborn, […], →OCLC, page 286:",
          "text": "Mr. Adams may marry as well as Mr. Williams; and both, I believe, will find God’s Providence a better Reliance, than the richest Benefice in England.",
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          "ref": "1914, Stephen Leacock, chapter 5, in Adventurers of the Far North, Toronto: Glasgow, Brook, page 123:",
          "text": "Most ominous of all was the discovery of over six hundred empty cans that had held preserved meat, the main reliance of the expedition.",
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      "expansion": "rely + -ance",
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From rely + -ance.",
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      "form": "reliances",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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        {
          "text": "Your reliance on his expertise may be misplaced.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "c. 1605–1608, William Shakespeare, “The Life of Tymon of Athens”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:",
          "text": "[…] his days and times are past\nAnd my reliances on his fracted [i.e. broken] dates\nHave smit my credit:",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1752, Charlotte Lennox, The Female Quixote, London: A. Millar, Volume 2, Book 9, Chapter 9, p. 288:",
          "text": "How unfavourable is Chance, said Arabella fretting at the Disappointment, to Persons who have any Reliance upon it!",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1867, Thomas Babington Macaulay, “Samuel Johnson”, in Biographical and Historical Sketches, New York: Appleton, page 54:",
          "text": "It was out of his power to support his son at either university; but a wealthy neighbor offered assistance; and, in reliance on promises which proved to be of very little value, Samuel was entered at Pembroke College, Oxford.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1912, W. Somerset Maugham, Mrs. Dot, London: Heinemann, act 2, page 89:",
          "text": "I put infinite reliance in your tact.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1962, C. S. Forester, chapter 3, in Hornblower and the Hotspur, London: Michael, Joseph:",
          "text": "Hornblower could see in a flash that he could place implicit reliance on Bush’s seamanship.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "The act of relying (on or in someone or something); trust."
      ],
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          "trust",
          "trust"
        ]
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        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The industry is working to phase out its reliance on fossil fuels.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1933 September 25, “‘Rumbling’ & ‘Goosing’”, in Time:",
          "text": "[…] he contended that habitual reliance on engine power causes a pilot to lose his ability to make a forced landing “deadstick” if necessary.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2016 July 20, Roger Wilkins, “Australia’s economic wellbeing is at a standstill as rift between young and old widens”, in The Guardian:",
          "text": "Poverty in Australia has declined, welfare reliance has stabilised and long-term poverty is becoming rare—but overall economic wellbeing is no longer improving […]",
          "type": "quote"
        }
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        "The condition of being reliant or dependent."
      ],
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        ],
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          "dependent",
          "dependent"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
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        "uncountable"
      ]
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      "categories": [
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        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "The boat was a poor reliance.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1593, Thomas Nashe, Christs Teares ouer Ierusalem, London: Thomas Thorp, published 1613, page 69:",
          "text": "Thou wert once the chiefe pillar of my posterity, and the whole reliance of my name:",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1656, Robertson Sanderson, Twenty Sermons, London: Henry Seile, Sermon 14, p. 280:",
          "text": "A horse is counted but a vain thing, […] to save a man. So are Chariots, and Forts, and Armies, and Navies, and all earthly reliances.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1741, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter XXXII”, in Pamela: Or, Virtue Rewarded. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: […] C[harles] Rivington, […]; and J. Osborn, […], →OCLC, page 286:",
          "text": "Mr. Adams may marry as well as Mr. Williams; and both, I believe, will find God’s Providence a better Reliance, than the richest Benefice in England.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1914, Stephen Leacock, chapter 5, in Adventurers of the Far North, Toronto: Glasgow, Brook, page 123:",
          "text": "Most ominous of all was the discovery of over six hundred empty cans that had held preserved meat, the main reliance of the expedition.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Anything on which to rely; ground of trust."
      ],
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        "(dated) Anything on which to rely; ground of trust."
      ],
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        "countable",
        "dated",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A person or thing which relies on another."
      ],
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        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
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    }
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    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "vstahutʻyun",
      "sense": "The act of relying on someone or something; trust",
      "word": "վստահություն"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "ışanıs",
      "sense": "The act of relying on someone or something; trust",
      "word": "ышаныс"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "doverie",
      "sense": "The act of relying on someone or something; trust",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "доверие"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "upovanie",
      "sense": "The act of relying on someone or something; trust",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "упование"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "The act of relying on someone or something; trust",
      "word": "turvautuminen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "The act of relying on someone or something; trust",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "confiance"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "The act of relying on someone or something; trust",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Verlass"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "The act of relying on someone or something; trust",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Vertrauen"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "The act of relying on someone or something; trust",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fiducia"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "The act of relying on someone or something; trust",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "confidenza"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "The act of relying on someone or something; trust",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "avhengighet"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "The act of relying on someone or something; trust",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "zaufanie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "The act of relying on someone or something; trust",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "confiança"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dovérije",
      "sense": "The act of relying on someone or something; trust",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "дове́рие"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "The act of relying on someone or something; trust",
      "word": "spoliehanie sa"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "The act of relying on someone or something; trust",
      "word": "dôvera"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "The act of relying on someone or something; trust",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "confianza"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "razčitane na",
      "sense": "The condition of being reliant or dependent",
      "word": "разчитане на"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "The condition of being reliant or dependent",
      "word": "riippuvaisuus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "The condition of being reliant or dependent",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dépendance"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "The condition of being reliant or dependent",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Abhängigkeit"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "The condition of being reliant or dependent",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dipendenza"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "The condition of being reliant or dependent",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "avhengighet"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "The condition of being reliant or dependent",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "poleganie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "The condition of being reliant or dependent",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bluszczowatość"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "The condition of being reliant or dependent",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bluszczowość"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "The condition of being reliant or dependent",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dependência"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "The condition of being reliant or dependent",
      "word": "závislosť"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "The condition of being reliant or dependent",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dependencia"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "A person or thing which relies on another",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Vertrauende"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "A person or thing which relies on another",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Abhängige"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "A person or thing which relies on another",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "affidamento"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "A person or thing which relies on another",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dependiente"
    }
  ],
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    "reliance"
  ],
  "word": "reliance"
}

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