reliant en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Etymology tree English rely Proto-Indo-European *-onts Latin -ns Latin -āns Old French -antbor. Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Germanic *-ndz Proto-West Germanic *-andī Old English -ende Middle English -ant English -ant English reliant From rely + -ant.
Meanings
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Having reliance on somebody or something.
The use of algorithms in policing is one example of their increasing influence on our lives. And, as their ubiquity spreads, so too does the debate around whether we should allow ourselves to become so reliant on them – and who, if anyone, is policing their use.
2013 July 26, Leo Hickman, “How algorithms rule the world”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 7, page 26:Brown heavily sympathises with the challenges now being faced by his successor Andy Byford and Mayor Sadiq Khan, to secure a more sustainable funding formula for TfL that is less reliant on farebox income.
2020 November 18, Mike Brown tells Paul Stephen, “I wasn't going to let the Mayor down”, in Rail, page 44:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more reliant | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most reliant | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Deriveds
self-reliant · reliantly · overreliant
Translations (19)
ro dependent (having reliance on somebody or something) · pl bluszczowaty (having reliance on somebody or something) · de angewiesen (having reliance on somebody or something) · hi आश्रित (having reliance on somebody or something) · el εξαρτώμενος (having reliance on somebody or something) · pl bluszczowy (having reliance on somebody or something) · es dependiente (having reliance on somebody or something) · de abhängig (having reliance on somebody or something) · mi whakawhirinaki (having reliance on somebody or something) · hu rászoruló (having reliance on somebody or something) · fi riippuvainen (having reliance on somebody or something) · pl zależny (having reliance on somebody or something) · fr dépendant (having reliance on somebody or something) · sk závislý (having reliance on somebody or something) · hi निर्भर (having reliance on somebody or something) · bg разчитащ на (having reliance on somebody or something) · it dipendente (having reliance on somebody or something) · pt dependente (having reliance on somebody or something) · pl polegający (having reliance on somebody or something)