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relied on

relied on is the simple past and past participle of rely on.

Meaning of rely on

Verb

rely on (third-person singular simple present relies on, present participle relying on, simple past and past participle relied on)

  1. (transitive) To be confident in.
    • I know I can rely on you.
  2. (transitive) To be dependent upon.
    • The city relies on the subway system.

Questions about relied on

What is relied on the simple past and past participle of?
Relied on is the simple past and past participle of rely on.

Words near relied on in the dictionary

  1. relictions
  2. relicts
  3. relictual
  4. relictualism
  5. relied
  6. relied on
  7. relied upon
  8. relief
  9. relief agencies
  10. relief agency
  11. Relief Church

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Adapted from Wiktionary: relied on (page history and authors); rely on (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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