Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having or exhibiting reliance; dependent.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having or indicating reliance or confidence; confident; self-trustful: as, a reliant spirit; a reliant bearing.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having, or characterized by, reliance; confident; trusting.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Having
reliance on.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective relying on another for support
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Examples
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Your right, If making the public less responsible and self reliant is your goal than it surely will.
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ElBruce says: drhunt1 says: but empowering people to be self-sufficient and self-reliant is THE best form od “advocacy for minorities”.
Think Progress » Kansas Attorney General Refuses To Sue Federal Government Over Health Care Reform 2010
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Explain that being self reliant is wonderful, but it does not mean you have to do everything alone.
Greatest Hits Oral English Lessons « Peace Corps: China 2006
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Our city has been growing quickly, and not had the funds available to make our infrastructure as sustainable, or long-term reliant as we'd like it to be.
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… but empowering people to be self-sufficient and self-reliant is THE best form od “advocacy for minorities”.
Think Progress » Kansas Attorney General Refuses To Sue Federal Government Over Health Care Reform 2010
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The German character is not only self-reliant, which is admirable, but it readily becomes domineering, particularly when in the ascendency.
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He is very pious and self-reliant, which is provocative of bigotry and hot temper; and surrounded and approached on all sides by clever and often unscrupulous financiers and speculators, his scutcheon has worn wonderfully well, and his character and reputation passed through many fiery ordeals.
South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 1 (of 6) From the Foundation of Cape Colony to the Boer Ultimatum of 9th Oct. 1899 Louis Creswicke
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It's a little british fibreglass pick up called a reliant FOX.
NASIOC boothybunch 2010
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Processes and products, including services: QA auditors must possess a good understanding of Self-reliant, that is acts and functions indepen - all processes in clinical research and drug devel - dently while interacting effectively with opment and be familiar with the terminology others. and abbreviations used related to clinical trials.
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The children are resourceful and self-reliant which is good.
Kids Books 2005
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