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The United Nations has long sought the ability to raise revenues in this manner as a means of reducing its reliance on American and other member nations' dues to sustain the UN's operations.
Frank Gaffney

Meaning of "reliance" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF RELIANCE

reliance  [rɪˈlaɪəns] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RELIANCE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Reliance is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES RELIANCE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of reliance in the English dictionary

The definition of reliance in the dictionary is dependence, confidence, or trust. Other definition of reliance is something or someone upon which one relies.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH RELIANCE


affiance
əˈfaɪəns
alliance
əˈlaɪəns
antiscience
ˌæntɪˈsaɪəns
appliance
əˈplaɪəns
bioscience
ˈbaɪəʊˌsaɪəns
compliance
kəmˈplaɪəns
defiance
dɪˈfaɪəns
ethnoscience
ˌeθnəʊˈsaɪəns
geoscience
ˌdʒiːəʊˈsaɪəns
incompliance
ˌɪnkəmˈplaɪəns
misalliance
ˌmɪsəˈlaɪəns
neuroscience
ˈnjʊərəʊˌsaɪəns
noncompliance
ˌnɒnkəmˈplaɪəns
nonscience
ˌnɒnˈsaɪəns
overcompliance
ˌəʊvəkəmˈplaɪəns
overreliance
ˌəʊvərɪˈlaɪəns
pseudoscience
ˌsjuːdəʊˈsaɪəns
science
ˈsaɪəns
suballiance
ˌsʌbəˈlaɪəns
suppliance
səˈplaɪəns

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RELIANCE

reliability
reliable
reliableness
reliably
reliant
reliantly
relic
relicense
relicensure
relict
reliction
relied
relief
relief agency
relief fund
relief map
relief organization
relief pitcher
relief road
relief supplies

WORDS THAT END LIKE RELIANCE

advance
allegiance
ambiance
analysis of variance
at variance
brilliance
Canadian Alliance
covariance
deviance
invariance
irradiance
kitchen appliance
luxuriance
Pledge of Allegiance
radiance
self-reliance
the Alliance
Triple Alliance
valiance
variance
War of the Grand Alliance

Synonyms and antonyms of reliance in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «RELIANCE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «reliance» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of reliance

Translation of «reliance» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF RELIANCE

Find out the translation of reliance to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of reliance from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «reliance» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

依赖
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

dependencia
570 millions of speakers

English

reliance
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

रिलायंस
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الاعتماد
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

опора
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

dependência
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নির্ভরতা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

dépendance
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pergantungan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Abhängigkeit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

依存
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

의존
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ngandel
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự phụ thuộc
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நம்பிக்கை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

रिलायन्स
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

güven
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

dipendenza
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

poleganie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

опора
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

încredere
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

εξάρτηση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

afhanklikheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

tillit
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

avhengighet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of reliance

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «RELIANCE»

The term «reliance» is very widely used and occupies the 5.904 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «RELIANCE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about reliance

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10 QUOTES WITH «RELIANCE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word reliance.
1
Emily Greene Balch
A third ideal that has made its way in the modern world is reliance on reason, especially reason disciplined and enriched by modern science. An eternal basis of human intercommunication is reason.
2
John Bruton
The time horizon may be too long for sole reliance on market solutions - but perhaps the inventiveness of the financial services industry will prove me wrong that point!
3
William F. Buckley, Jr.
There is an inverse relationship between reliance on the state and self-reliance.
4
Steve Buyer
I also believe that Hurricane Katrina did reveal a weakness in our energy supply systems, highlighting the reliance this country has on the gulf coast for our energy resources.
5
Vint Cerf
There is an underlying, fundamental reliance on the Internet, which continues to grow in the number of users, country penetration and both fixed and wireless broadband access.
6
Jim Costa
But we must take other steps, such as increasing conservation, developing an ethanol industry, and increasing CAFE standards if we are to make our country safer by cutting our reliance on foreign oil.
7
Monica Crowley
In several short years, Obama has fundamentally shifted the balance away from the individual and toward government, and has altered the national psyche from self-reliance to ever-growing reliance on government.
8
Whitfield Diffie
It's simply unrealistic to depend on secrecy for security in computer software. You may be able to keep the exact workings of the program out of general circulation, but can you prevent the code from being reverse-engineered by serious opponents? Probably not. The secret to strong security: less reliance on secrets.
9
Frank Gaffney
The United Nations has long sought the ability to raise revenues in this manner as a means of reducing its reliance on American and other member nations' dues to sustain the UN's operations.
10
Paul Gillmor
In addition, each barrel of oil we save through conservation further decreases our dangerous reliance on unstable Middle East oil.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RELIANCE»

Discover the use of reliance in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to reliance and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Self-Reliance
A Classic Essay by Emerson. Excerpted from Essays, First Series.
Ralph Waldo Emerson, 2007
2
Self-Reliance and Other Essays
The 6 essays and one address in this volume outline the great transcendentalist's moral idealism as well as hinting at the later scepticism that colored his thought.
Ralph Waldo Emerson, 2012
3
Self-Reliance: The Wisdom of Ralph Waldo Emerson as ...
This is the first truly accessible edition of Emerson's work, revealing him to be one of America's wisest teachers.
Richard Whelan, 2012
4
Emerson and Self-Reliance
'Nietzsche was Emerson's best reader, ' and George Kateb provides an accessible reading of Emerson that is friendly to the interests of Nietzsche and to later Nietzscheans such as Weber, Heidegger, Arendt, and Foucault
George Kateb, 2002
5
Compensation and Self-Reliance
As an active lecturer in the early 1830s, he delivered a number of landmark lectures, most notably among them - Compensation and Self-Reliance, in which Emerson fervently declares man's inherent divinity.
Ralph Waldo Emerson, 2010
6
Self Reliance: The Key to Business Success
1900 the Key to Business Success. This book is written to encourage men to struggle for the attainment of higher planes of usefulness. Self-reliance would be universal if all men were perfectly aware of their latent powers.
Sidney A. Weltmer, 1959
7
The Reliance Building: A Building Book from the Chicago ...
By Jay Pridmore, photographs by Hedrich Blessing. Published with the Chicago Architecture Foundation.
Jay Pridmore, 2003
8
Ralph Waldo Emerson's Self-Reliance: A modern-day ...
These lectures were never published separately, but many of his thoughts were later used in Self-Reliance. In this book, first published in 1841, Emerson illustrates the need for each individual to avoid conformity and false consistency.
Andrew Holmes, 2010
9
Self-reliance, Africa's survival
The volume contains Chinua Achebe's essay 'Commitment and the African Writer' in which he discusses the development in African literature through the poetry of Equiano, Senghor and David Diop; and compares attitudes of African and European ...
E. A. U. Ikoku, 1980
10
Self-Reliance, the Over-Soul, and Other Essays
The six essays and one address in this volume flesh out Emerson's transcendentalist ideas.
Ralph Waldo Emerson, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RELIANCE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term reliance is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Reliance to launch telecom venture with over 1000 stores
MUMBAI: India's Reliance Industries Ltd will launch its ambitious 4G telecoms venture in December through a direct physical presence in over 1,000 "Jio ... «Economic Times, Jul 15»
2
Reliance Jio services to launch by year-end; 4G phones under Rs …
NEW DELHI: Speaking on the company's 41st Annual General Meeting, Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) chairman Mukesh Ambani revealed that the ... «Times of India, Jun 15»
3
Reliance Capital Q4 net profit rises 53% to Rs 407 crore
MUMBAI: Financial services conglomerate Reliance Capital on Friday reported 53 per cent rise in its fourth quarter net profit to Rs 407 crore, driven by robust ... «Times of India, May 15»
4
Reliance posts impressive Q4 profit of Rs 6381 crore on higher …
MUMBAI: Reliance Industries on Friday reported 8.5% rise in the March quarter net profit to Rs 6,381 crore on back of higher refining margins. Consolidated net ... «Times of India, Apr 15»
5
Reliance Jio Infocomm challenged by Tata Teleservices, Reliance
MUMBAI: Having triggered a price increase for incumbent operators in a key second-generation telecom band, Mukesh Ambani-owned Reliance Jio Infocomm ... «Economic Times, Mar 15»
6
2G, 3G spectrum auction begins: Idea, Bharti, Voda and Reliance
The uncertain element in the bidding process is Reliance Jio, which has put in a large amount of earnest money (Rs 4,500 crore, the highest) to indicate it may ... «Firstpost, Mar 15»
7
Reliance employee quizzed in India corporate espionage probe
Reliance Industries, India's largest private sector company by revenue, has launched an internal investigation after New Delhi police questioned an employee ... «Financial Times, Feb 15»
8
Reliance Jio upsets telcos' auction plans
Upping the ante in its battle with incumbents, Reliance Jio on Monday said it would take part in the auctions for pan-India spectrum beginning March 4. «Business Standard, Feb 15»
9
Facebook and Reliance Communcations bring Internet.org to India
Reliance Communications, a part of the Anil Ambani-led group, Tuesday said it has been roped in by Facebook to offer free access to data and websites to ... «Firstpost, Feb 15»
10
Reliance joins list of hopefuls for Indian bank permits
Reliance, controlled by India's richest man, Mukesh Ambani, said it would join forces with India's largest bank, State Bank of India SBI.NS if it is granted a licence ... «Reuters, Feb 15»

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