reliant
/ɹɪlˈaɪənt/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.41 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "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."
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.
Inflected Forms
more reliant (comparative)
most reliant (superlative)