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Answer for the clue "Dependent upon ", 7 letters:
reliant

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Word definitions for reliant in dictionaries

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES heavily dependent/reliant/influenced ▪ Britain is heavily dependent on imports for its raw materials. COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADVERB heavily ▪ Britainis particularly vulnerable to a financial crisis since it ...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1856; see rely + -ant . Because it means "dependent (on)" it would seem an odd name for an automobile, but Chrysler (Plymouth) nonetheless chose it as one in 1981.

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. Having reliance on.

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Reliant was a British car manufacturer . The company was traditionally based at Tamworth in Staffordshire . Reliant was mainly known for producing the 3-wheeled Reliant Robin , but in fact produced a variety of different vehicles during a production run ...

Usage examples of reliant.

And finally, in considering the emancipation of the serfs- short-sighted though it was, for what should those underlings so reliant upon Exalted protection and guidance do with their new freedom?

Now that we were alone - and no longer reliant on Celestine - Childe had revealed himself as a more than adequately capable problem-solver.

The lesson had been overseen by the aneurism-burstingly tedious Mr Jones, a man so reliant upon cliche' for communication that his joining the teaching profession was an enormous loss to ITN.

The largest power seller identified by the governor of California as a price gouger, the coowner of Rio Light, was Reliant, known as Houston Power & Light before it globalized.

They were totally reliant on the vast magnetospheres of such worlds for power.

The remaining floorspace of those three sub-levels housed leisure facilities not reliant on natural light, such as cinemas, night clubs, bars, shops and restaurants.

The largest power seller identified by the governor of California as a price gouger, the coowner of Rio Light, was Reliant, known as Houston Power &amp.

The federal government privatized Rio Light, selling it to Electricite de France and Reliant of Houston, Texas.

Now call me an unreconstructed philistine, but it seems to me - and I offer this observation in a spirit of friendship - that when a nation's industrial prowess has plunged so low that it is reliant on Korean firms for its future economic security, then perhaps it is time to re-address one's educational priorities and maybe give a little thought to what's going to put some food on the table in about 2010.

Mara had been reliant on hearsay bought by tossing coins over the walls to rumourmongers, and what news she managed to glean was far too sparse for the enormity of the events that had transpired.