rely
verb IELTS
- English meaning
- To depend on someone or something.
- Example
Many families rely on two incomes to pay the mortgage.
- Common collocations
- rely on; heavily rely; can be relied on
- Word family
- reliance, reliable, reliability
- Academic Word List · Sublist 3
Translation
- 한국어의존하다
- 中文依赖
- 日本語頼る
- ไทยพึ่งพา
- Bahasa Indonesiabergantung
- Tiếng Việtdựa vào
- Русскийполагаться
- हिन्दीनिर्भर रहना
Entries marked AWL come from the Academic Word List (Coxhead, 2000), a widely used list of words that appear often in university texts. Definitions, examples and translations are written by AUSLEX.
Meanings and translations are AUSLEX editorial drafts. Usage can vary by region, age and situation.