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US
/ɹiˈɫaɪəbəɫ, ɹɪˈɫaɪəbəɫ/
]
[ UK /ɹɪlˈaɪəbəl/ ]
[ UK /ɹɪlˈaɪəbəl/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
worthy of reliance or trust
a dependable worker
a reliable source of information
a reliable source of information
a dependable worker -
conforming to fact and therefore worthy of belief
reliable information
an authentic account by an eyewitness -
worthy of being depended on
a reliable source of information
an honest working stiff
I would be true for there are those who trust me
a dependable worker
he was true to his word
a dependable worker
a reliable source of information
How To Use reliable In A Sentence
- A great deal of effort has gone into making the software reliable.
- These creatures have the reputation of being smelly, vicious, spiteful and unreliable.
- But decades of research have gone by and scientists remain incapable of creating a sustainable fusion reaction that could be used to create reliable power.
- In 1672, when Mars was in the vicinity of the three Psi stars of Aquarius, the time was ripe for obtaining the first reliable parallax of Mars.
- Make sure that the construction proposal is reliable, the working procedure works canonically, and the construction monitor goes effectively.
- Reliable statewide estimates of the specific offense distribution of California's probationers are not available.
- All information contained herein is gathered from sources we believe to be reliable.
- Mrs May claimed that evidence from the blonde-haired victim, who had had a baby since her ordeal, was unreliable.
- In his 1982 "Secondary Currents," which is described in the film's title credits as a "film noir," Rose pushes the sound and image concerns of structuralist filmmakers by creating a work that is "imageless": on a black screen, white subtitles translate the gibberish of the unreliable narrator in the voice-over. Baltimore City Paper
- Never overlook the significance of a power supply - an underpowered system will be prone not only to unreliable operation, but also to component damage.