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What does rely mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word rely? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (on) To rest with confidence, as when fully satisfied of somebody's veracity, integrity, or ability, or of the certainty of facts or of evidence; to have confidence; to trust; to depend.
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Instead, waiters, waitresses and every other person who used to have to rely on tips to live were given a decent wage.
This is because when singing romances, a singer must rely only on his or her voice and the accompaniment of the piano and not on stage props.
People rely so much on these accursed contraptions, they have become joined at the hip.
We rely on our muscles to walk, lift objects and climb stairs. However, in space muscles become weaker when there is no gravity to overcome.
Do not rely on them for landing that assistant professor job, or anything else in academia.
A couple of years ago you could always rely on a lorry driver to give way and allow you to pass.

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