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{
"term": "rely",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"academic": true,
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "rely",
"heSheIt": "relies"
},
"pastSimple": "relied",
"pastParticiple": "relied",
"ingForm": "relying"
},
"definitions": [],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/rɪˈlaɪ/",
"audio": "re/rely/rely__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/rɪˈlaɪz/",
"audio": "re/rely/relies__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/rɪˈlaɪd/",
"audio": "re/rely/relied__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/rɪˈlaɪɪŋ/",
"audio": "re/rely/relying__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/rɪˈlaɪ/",
"audio": "re/rely/rely__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/rɪˈlaɪz/",
"audio": "re/rely/relies__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/rɪˈlaɪd/",
"audio": "re/rely/relied__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/rɪˈlaɪɪŋ/",
"audio": "re/rely/relying__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French relier ‘bind together’, from Latin religare, from re- (expressing intensive force) + ligare ‘bind’. The original sense was ‘gather together’, later ‘turn to, associate with’, which led to the sense ‘depend upon with confidence’."
}