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relying on

relying on is the present participle and gerund 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 relying on

What is relying on the present participle and gerund of?
Relying on is the present participle and gerund of rely on.

Words near relying on in the dictionary

  1. rely upon
  2. Relyea
  3. Relyeas
  4. relyed
  5. relying
  6. relying on
  7. relying upon
  8. rem
  9. rem out
  10. REM rebound
  11. REM rebounds

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Adapted from Wiktionary: relying 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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