{
    "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’."
}