reliance

re·li·ance  (r-lns)

n.

1. The act of relying or the state of being reliant.

2. The faith, confidence, or trust felt by one who relies; dependence. See Synonyms at trust.

3. One relied on; a mainstay.

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reliance [rɪˈlaɪəns]

n

1. dependence, confidence, or trust

2. something or someone upon which one relies

reliant  adj

reliantly  adv

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	reliance - certainty based on past experience; "he wrote the paper with considerable reliance on the work of other scientists"; "he put more trust in his own two legs than in the gun" trust certainty - the state of being certain; "his certainty reassured the others"
	2.	reliance - the state of relying on something dependence, dependency, dependance - the state of relying on or being controlled by someone or something else

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reliance

noun

1. dependency, dependence, leaning the country's increasing reliance on foreign aid

2. trust, confidence, belief, faith, assurance, credence, credit If you respond immediately, you will guarantee people's reliance on you.

Translations

reliance [rɪˈlaɪəns] N reliance on sth (= trust) → confianza f en algo; (= dependence) → dependencia f de algo
our excessive reliance on him → nuestra excesiva dependencia con respecto de él, el que dependamos tanto de él
you can place no reliance on that → no hay que fiarse de eso, no hay que tener confianza en eso

reliance [rɪˈlaɪəns] n

(= dependence) reliance on sth → dépendance f envers qch
society's increasing reliance on technology → la dépendance croissante de la société envers la technologie

reliance

n (= trust, confidence) → Vertrauen nt (→ on auf (+acc)); to place reliance on somebody/something → sich auf jdn/etw (acc) → verlassen; his reliance on his memory rather than his notes always gets him into difficulties → er verlässt sich auf sein Gedächtnis statt auf seine Notizen und kommt dadurch immer in Schwierigkeiten

reliance [rɪˈlaɪəns] n reliance (on) → dipendenza (da)