reliantre‧li‧ant /rɪˈlaɪənt/ ●○○ AWL adjective - Baseball is still largely reliant on players drafted straight out of high school.
- It was an enormous step for man to cease to be reliant on vegetation, and to add meat to his diet.
- So, why are pandas reliant on bamboo?
- The government wants to change pension savings, making people less reliant on state pensions.
- The rating firm said that the company is more reliant on its revolving credit lines because of the elimination of commercial paper.
- They are not reliant on the approval of others, and anchor their supports deeply within themselves as well as externally.
► heavily dependent/reliant/influenced Britain is heavily dependent on imports for its raw materials. ADVERB► heavily· Britainis particularly vulnerable to a financial crisis since it is heavily reliant on the profits of speculation.· This would mean that the patient is heavily reliant on assembled phonology.· Observers have pointed to the potential contradictions of a self-help project which is heavily reliant for its continuation on external funding.
► more· These facts make them more reliant than they should be on the good opinion of their partners.· The rating firm said that the company is more reliant on its revolving credit lines because of the elimination of commercial paper.
nounreliabilityrelianceadjectivereliable ≠ unreliablereliantverbrelyadverbreliably