to rely upon
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2.3
- phrasal verb
- /rɪˈlaɪ əˈpɒn/
:
contar con
- You can always rely upon her to keep your secrets safe.
- rely upon heavily
- rely upon human judgment
- rely upon solely
And being able to rely upon that to keep everything going.
- And being able to rely upon that to keep everything going.
- Let me lay it bare and rely upon the readers.
- And we're, you know, the payback idea really relies upon magical thinking.
- We can have context where we rely upon slang and what was funny.
- We've, we've lost our wonder for these things we rely upon and that makes us anxious.
- Their religion does not rely upon belief in impossible things to function.
- Without it, the Russian Navy would have to rely upon its Saint Petersburg based Baltic Fleet.
- So he felt that he was the only one who could be trusted, who could be relied upon to build these things.
- Because, as you said, that, you know, future humans, they're they're relying upon this.
- And then the success turns this into, you know, essentially an industry in which there's a lot of people relying upon the perpetuation of that success.
- What they're doing is they're they're relying upon their own experiences, see, and those experiences are limited.
- Just from a kind of like sensitivity to government perspective and kind of like how much they'll rely upon being allowed to operate that service.
- Some of you have grown up never seeing a man who can be relied upon, never seeing a man who can be trusted to lead.
- And so I think AI in a way is a huge gift because it's taking away the thing that we've relied upon so heavily.
- The one most often relied upon is this, a memorable coin struck a few months before the assassination.
Examples
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In times of crisis, we must rely upon each other for support.
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They rely upon the internet for most of their information.
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I mean you can rely upon what he tells you.
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Those who are just about managing also rely upon our public services.
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Gentlemen... We have a sensitive issue, which I know I can rely upon you to assist with.
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You can rely upon Harris, Colonel.
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Please tell your sister that I have many relations, friends, and colleagues who rely upon me daily.
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So he felt that he was the only one who could be trusted, who could be relied upon to build these things.
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I would be there part of the time, but I'm relying upon him to be my resident manager.
Fiction book (1992) -
Michael Mulvaney was one member they could rely upon, and they knew it.
Fiction book (1997)
Synonyms
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1.0
To believe someone will do what they say
700
1.8
To trust a person or thing to do what you need
602
1.0
Trust a person or thing to do what you expect
309
1.0
Need help or support from something to live
8
2.5
To trust a person or thing to give support
How Dependent
Surface Forms
Morphology
rely + upon
The meaning 'to depend on or trust' is directly derivable from combining 'rely' (to trust or depend) with the preposition 'upon' (a formal variant of 'on' indicating relation). This verb + preposition composition follows standard, cross-linguistic patterns and would be readily understood by a B1 learner who knows the constituent words.
Etymology
Rely upon comes from a simple image of leaning on someone or something for support. If you literally lean on a friend, rely is like leaning and upon is like 'on top of', so rely upon means 'to depend on or trust'.