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relying

v.
B1 Intermediate US //ɹiˈɫaɪɪŋ// UK //ɹɪlˈaɪɪŋ// re·ly·ing

v. needing someone or something to help you or to work correctly. You use this when you depend on a person or a tool to get a job done.

v. depending on someone or something with full trust or confidence. The present participle form of 'rely', it functions as a continuous verb or a gerund.


SIMPLE

She is relying on her car to get to work.

CONTEXTUAL

The local economy is heavily relying on tourism to recover after the long winter season.

COMPLEX

By relying on outdated data for their projections, the committee failed to account for the rapid shifts in consumer behavior that occurred over the last fiscal quarter.

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Intransitive verb that requires the preposition 'on' or 'upon' before the object.

Pitfall

relying in his helprelying on his helpThe verb rely must be followed by the preposition 'on' or 'upon', never 'in' or 'at'.

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