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rely on

rely on verb: to be confident in.

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.

rely on meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Telugu and Sanskrit

rely on in Tamil

நம்பு

rely on in Bengali

to rely on; to care for
অপেক্ষা করা ôpekkha kôra

rely on in Telugu

to be confident in
విశ్వసించు viśvasiñcu

rely on in Sanskrit

to rely on, confide in
तिष्ठति tíṣṭhati
More languagesFewer languages
rely on in Indonesian
mengandalkan

Synonyms of rely on

Antonyms

Forms of rely on

third-person singular presentrelies on
present participlerelying on
past participlerelied on
pastrelied on
alternative formrely upon

Questions about rely on

What does rely on mean?
Rely on means to be confident in.
What is rely on in Tamil?
Rely on in Tamil is நம்பு. See Rely on meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is rely on?
Rely on is a verb.
What is the past tense of rely on?
The past tense of rely on is relied on.

Words near rely on in the dictionary

  1. relumining
  2. ReLUs
  3. relvar
  4. relvars
  5. rely
  6. rely on
  7. rely upon
  8. Relyea
  9. Relyeas
  10. relyed
  11. relying

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Adapted from Wiktionary: rely on (page history and authors); rely on (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); অপেক্ষা করা (Bengali) (page history and authors); तिष्ठति (Sanskrit) (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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