transcription, транскрипция: [ rɪlaɪəb(ə)l ]
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
People or things that are reliable can be trusted to work well or to behave in the way that you want them to.
She was efficient and reliable...
Japanese cars are so reliable.
ADJ
• re‧li‧ably
It’s been working reliably for years.
ADV
• re‧li‧abil‧ity
He’s not at all worried about his car’s reliability.
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2.
Information that is reliable or that is from a reliable source is very likely to be correct.
There is no reliable information about civilian casualties...
ADJ
• re‧li‧ably
Sonia, we are reliably informed, loves her family very much.
ADV
• re‧li‧abil‧ity
Both questioned the reliability of recent opinion polls.
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