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reliance

noun

Certainty based on past experience

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Word Facts

Word length
8
Starts with
R
Ends with
E
Contains
EL
Scrabble score
10
CEFR level
B1

How it sounds

Pronunciation

ɹɪˈlaɪəns

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noun

  1. Certainty based on past experience

    “He wrote the paper with considerable reliance on the work of other scientists”

noun

  1. The state of relying on something

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Example Sentences

He wrote the paper with considerable reliance on the work of other scientists
He put more trust in his own two legs than in the gun

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