reliant
- adjective
- /rɪˈlaɪənt/
- For society, for how we're reliant on technology.
The PPF isn't reliant on any state support.
- The PPF isn't reliant on any state support.
- But we should, we shouldn't be reliant on the phone to get that feeling.
- You know, he, he was not reliant on the healthcare system.
- How do I get away from being reliant on the government?
- But these podcasts are completely reliant on guests.
- And isn't Tesla super reliant on federal grants?
- It's not the only area, but finance is completely reliant on Ledger's.
- It's, it's reliant on, on whether people search out your content.
- I'm extremely reliant on my writing group.
- It's just a matter of how reliant you are on it.
- So let's say you're heavily reliant on a structure of being employed.
Examples
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There are certain industries that are in no way reliant on social media.
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Continued production of the Air Force's F-16 is nearly 100 percent reliant on foreign demand.
Academic text (2001) -
It's just a matter of how reliant you are on it.
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How do I get away from being reliant on the government?
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Today, more than at any time, we are ever more reliant on market operations.
Academic text (2008) -
And so the economy became more and more reliant upon asset prices.
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The lesson here is you can never be reliant on just one platform.
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Many staple U.S. weapons programs are now almost completely reliant on foreign demand.
Academic text (2001) -
The project aims to promote literacy, health education, and self-reliant development in rural communities in Nigeria.
Academic text (1993) -
Many elderly people are reliant on caregivers for their daily needs.
Synonyms
Relying on someone else for help or support
Needing something else to happen or be true
Something else decides it, for example a condition like the weather
Antonyms
How Dependent
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word reliant comes from the word rely, which itself comes from an old word meaning 'to bind' or 'fasten'. So, to be reliant on someone is like being 'bound' to them for help or support.