"rely" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ɹɪˈlaɪ/ Audio: en-us-rely.ogg Forms: relies [present, singular, third-person], relying [participle, present], relied [participle, past], relied [past]
Rhymes: -aɪ Etymology: From Middle English relien, from Old French relier (“fasten, attach, rally, oblige”), from Latin religo (“fasten, bind fast”), from re- + ligo. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*leyǵ-}}, {{inh|en|enm|relien}} Middle English relien, {{der|en|fro|relier||fasten, attach, rally, oblige}} Old French relier (“fasten, attach, rally, oblige”), {{der|en|la|religo||fasten, bind fast}} Latin religo (“fasten, bind fast”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} rely (third-person singular simple present relies, present participle relying, simple past and past participle relied)
  1. (with on or upon, formerly also with in) to trust; to have confidence in; to depend. Synonyms: depend, hang, hinge, lean, rely, rest, stay [obsolete], turn Derived forms: reliable, reliance, reliant, rely on, rely upon Translations (rest with confidence): اِعْتَمَدَ (iʕtamada) (alt: على) (Arabic), bel bağlamaq (Azerbaijani), güvənmək (Azerbaijani), arxalanmaq (Azerbaijani), ышаныу (ışanıw) (Bashkir), разчи́там (razčítam) [imperfective] (Bulgarian), осланям се (oslanjam se) (Bulgarian), salig (Cebuano), 依賴 (Chinese Mandarin), 依赖 (yīlài) (Chinese Mandarin), 依靠 (yīkào) (Chinese Mandarin), spoléhat (Czech), rekenen op (Dutch), luottaa (Finnish), compter sur (French), sich verlassen (english: auf) (German), bízik (Hungarian), megbízik (Hungarian), épít (Hungarian), számít (Hungarian), hagyatkozik (Hungarian), bí ag brath ar (Irish), cuir muinín i (Irish), muinín a bheith agat as (Irish), fare affidamento (Italian), basarsi (Italian), 頼る (tayoru) (alt: たよる) (Japanese), あてにする (ate-ni suru) (Japanese), 頼む (tanomu) (alt: たのむ) (Japanese), 의지(依支)하다 (uijihada) (Korean), ᠠᡴᡩᠠᠮᠪᡳ (akdambi) (Manchu), whakamanawa (Maori), whirinaki (Maori), whakawhirinaki (Maori), lite på (Norwegian), polegać na (Polish), polegać [imperfective] (Polish), contar com (Portuguese), полага́ться (polagátʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), положи́ться (alt: на) [perfective] (Russian), рассчи́тывать (rassčítyvatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), spoliehať sa (Slovak), opierať sa (Slovak), contar con (Spanish), atenerse (Spanish), lita på (Swedish), поклада́тися (pokladátysja) (Ukrainian), розрахо́вувати (rozraxóvuvaty) (Ukrainian), tin cậy (alt: 信𢚁) (Vietnamese), dựa vào (alt: 預𠓨) (Vietnamese)

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2012, BioWare, Mass Effect 3, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Citadel, Huerta Memorial Hospital, Visiting Ashley:",
          "text": "Shepard: You can't rely on anyone. Sounds harsh, but it's true.\nShepard: It comes down to doing what you think is right--and damn everyone else.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012 May 26, Phil McNulty, “Norway 0-1 England”, in BBC Sport:",
          "text": "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.",
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          "ref": "2013 June 1, “Ideas coming down the track”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, page 13 (Technology Quarterly):",
          "text": "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.",
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        "to trust; to have confidence in; to depend."
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          "on",
          "on#English"
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          "upon",
          "upon#English"
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          "in",
          "in#English"
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        [
          "trust",
          "trust"
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          "depend",
          "depend"
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        "(with on or upon, formerly also with in) to trust; to have confidence in; to depend."
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          "word": "hang"
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        {
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          "word": "hinge"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:rely",
          "word": "lean"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:rely",
          "word": "rely"
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          "word": "rest"
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          "word": "stay"
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          "word": "turn"
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          "alt": "على",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "iʕtamada",
          "sense": "rest with confidence",
          "word": "اِعْتَمَدَ"
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        {
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "rest with confidence",
          "word": "bel bağlamaq"
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        {
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "rest with confidence",
          "word": "güvənmək"
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          "sense": "rest with confidence",
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          "code": "ba",
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          "roman": "ışanıw",
          "sense": "rest with confidence",
          "word": "ышаныу"
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          "roman": "razčítam",
          "sense": "rest with confidence",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "разчи́там"
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          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "oslanjam se",
          "sense": "rest with confidence",
          "word": "осланям се"
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          "code": "ceb",
          "lang": "Cebuano",
          "sense": "rest with confidence",
          "word": "salig"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "rest with confidence",
          "word": "依賴"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "yīlài",
          "sense": "rest with confidence",
          "word": "依赖"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "yīkào",
          "sense": "rest with confidence",
          "word": "依靠"
        },
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "rest with confidence",
          "word": "spoléhat"
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "rest with confidence",
          "word": "rekenen op"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "rest with confidence",
          "word": "luottaa"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "rest with confidence",
          "word": "compter sur"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "english": "auf",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "rest with confidence",
          "word": "sich verlassen"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "rest with confidence",
          "word": "bízik"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "rest with confidence",
          "word": "megbízik"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "rest with confidence",
          "word": "épít"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "rest with confidence",
          "word": "számít"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "rest with confidence",
          "word": "hagyatkozik"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "rest with confidence",
          "word": "bí ag brath ar"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "rest with confidence",
          "word": "cuir muinín i"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "rest with confidence",
          "word": "muinín a bheith agat as"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "rest with confidence",
          "word": "fare affidamento"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "rest with confidence",
          "word": "basarsi"
        },
        {
          "alt": "たよる",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "tayoru",
          "sense": "rest with confidence",
          "word": "頼る"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "ate-ni suru",
          "sense": "rest with confidence",
          "word": "あてにする"
        },
        {
          "alt": "たのむ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "tanomu",
          "sense": "rest with confidence",
          "word": "頼む"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "uijihada",
          "sense": "rest with confidence",
          "word": "의지(依支)하다"
        },
        {
          "code": "mnc",
          "lang": "Manchu",
          "roman": "akdambi",
          "sense": "rest with confidence",
          "word": "ᠠᡴᡩᠠᠮᠪᡳ"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "rest with confidence",
          "word": "whakamanawa"
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        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "rest with confidence",
          "word": "whirinaki"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "rest with confidence",
          "word": "whakawhirinaki"
        },
        {
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "rest with confidence",
          "word": "lite på"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "rest with confidence",
          "word": "polegać na"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "rest with confidence",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "polegać"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "rest with confidence",
          "word": "contar com"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "polagátʹsja",
          "sense": "rest with confidence",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "полага́ться"
        },
        {
          "alt": "на",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "sense": "rest with confidence",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "положи́ться"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "rassčítyvatʹ",
          "sense": "rest with confidence",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
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          "word": "рассчи́тывать"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "rest with confidence",
          "word": "spoliehať sa"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "rest with confidence",
          "word": "opierať sa"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "rest with confidence",
          "word": "contar con"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "rest with confidence",
          "word": "atenerse"
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "rest with confidence",
          "word": "lita på"
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        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "pokladátysja",
          "sense": "rest with confidence",
          "word": "поклада́тися"
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        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "rozraxóvuvaty",
          "sense": "rest with confidence",
          "word": "розрахо́вувати"
        },
        {
          "alt": "信𢚁",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "rest with confidence",
          "word": "tin cậy"
        },
        {
          "alt": "預𠓨",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "rest with confidence",
          "word": "dựa vào"
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        "Terms with Arabic translations",
        "Terms with Azerbaijani translations",
        "Terms with Bashkir translations",
        "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
        "Terms with Cebuano translations",
        "Terms with Czech translations",
        "Terms with Dutch translations",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Hungarian translations",
        "Terms with Irish translations",
        "Terms with Italian translations",
        "Terms with Japanese translations",
        "Terms with Korean translations",
        "Terms with Manchu translations",
        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
        "Terms with Maori translations",
        "Terms with Norwegian translations",
        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
        "Terms with Slovak translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations",
        "Terms with Swedish translations",
        "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
        "Terms with Vietnamese translations",
        "Vietnamese terms with redundant script codes"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2012, BioWare, Mass Effect 3, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Citadel, Huerta Memorial Hospital, Visiting Ashley:",
          "text": "Shepard: You can't rely on anyone. Sounds harsh, but it's true.\nShepard: It comes down to doing what you think is right--and damn everyone else.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012 May 26, Phil McNulty, “Norway 0-1 England”, in BBC Sport:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013 June 1, “Ideas coming down the track”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, page 13 (Technology Quarterly):",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to trust; to have confidence in; to depend."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "on",
          "on#English"
        ],
        [
          "upon",
          "upon#English"
        ],
        [
          "in",
          "in#English"
        ],
        [
          "trust",
          "trust"
        ],
        [
          "depend",
          "depend"
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      "qualifier": "with on or upon; formerly also with in; with on or upon; formerly also with in",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(with on or upon, formerly also with in) to trust; to have confidence in; to depend."
      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "/ɹɪˈlaɪ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aɪ"
    }
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:rely",
      "word": "depend"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:rely",
      "word": "hang"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:rely",
      "word": "hinge"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:rely",
      "word": "lean"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:rely",
      "word": "rely"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:rely",
      "word": "rest"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:rely",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "stay"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:rely",
      "word": "turn"
    }
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  "translations": [
    {
      "alt": "على",
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "iʕtamada",
      "sense": "rest with confidence",
      "word": "اِعْتَمَدَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "rest with confidence",
      "word": "bel bağlamaq"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "rest with confidence",
      "word": "güvənmək"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "rest with confidence",
      "word": "arxalanmaq"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "ışanıw",
      "sense": "rest with confidence",
      "word": "ышаныу"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "razčítam",
      "sense": "rest with confidence",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "разчи́там"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "oslanjam se",
      "sense": "rest with confidence",
      "word": "осланям се"
    },
    {
      "code": "ceb",
      "lang": "Cebuano",
      "sense": "rest with confidence",
      "word": "salig"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "rest with confidence",
      "word": "依賴"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yīlài",
      "sense": "rest with confidence",
      "word": "依赖"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yīkào",
      "sense": "rest with confidence",
      "word": "依靠"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "rest with confidence",
      "word": "spoléhat"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "rest with confidence",
      "word": "rekenen op"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "rest with confidence",
      "word": "luottaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "rest with confidence",
      "word": "compter sur"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "english": "auf",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "rest with confidence",
      "word": "sich verlassen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "rest with confidence",
      "word": "bízik"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "rest with confidence",
      "word": "megbízik"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "rest with confidence",
      "word": "épít"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "rest with confidence",
      "word": "számít"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "rest with confidence",
      "word": "hagyatkozik"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "rest with confidence",
      "word": "bí ag brath ar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "rest with confidence",
      "word": "cuir muinín i"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "rest with confidence",
      "word": "muinín a bheith agat as"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "rest with confidence",
      "word": "fare affidamento"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "rest with confidence",
      "word": "basarsi"
    },
    {
      "alt": "たよる",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tayoru",
      "sense": "rest with confidence",
      "word": "頼る"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ate-ni suru",
      "sense": "rest with confidence",
      "word": "あてにする"
    },
    {
      "alt": "たのむ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tanomu",
      "sense": "rest with confidence",
      "word": "頼む"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "uijihada",
      "sense": "rest with confidence",
      "word": "의지(依支)하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "mnc",
      "lang": "Manchu",
      "roman": "akdambi",
      "sense": "rest with confidence",
      "word": "ᠠᡴᡩᠠᠮᠪᡳ"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "rest with confidence",
      "word": "whakamanawa"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "rest with confidence",
      "word": "whirinaki"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "rest with confidence",
      "word": "whakawhirinaki"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "rest with confidence",
      "word": "lite på"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "rest with confidence",
      "word": "polegać na"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "rest with confidence",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "polegać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "rest with confidence",
      "word": "contar com"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "polagátʹsja",
      "sense": "rest with confidence",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "полага́ться"
    },
    {
      "alt": "на",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "sense": "rest with confidence",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "положи́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rassčítyvatʹ",
      "sense": "rest with confidence",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "рассчи́тывать"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "rest with confidence",
      "word": "spoliehať sa"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "rest with confidence",
      "word": "opierať sa"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "rest with confidence",
      "word": "contar con"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "rest with confidence",
      "word": "atenerse"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "rest with confidence",
      "word": "lita på"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pokladátysja",
      "sense": "rest with confidence",
      "word": "поклада́тися"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "rozraxóvuvaty",
      "sense": "rest with confidence",
      "word": "розрахо́вувати"
    },
    {
      "alt": "信𢚁",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "rest with confidence",
      "word": "tin cậy"
    },
    {
      "alt": "預𠓨",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "rest with confidence",
      "word": "dựa vào"
    }
  ],
  "word": "rely"
}

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