RELIABLE


Meaning of RELIABLE in English

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.

1.

People or things that are ~ can be trusted to work well or to behave in the way that you want them to.

She was efficient and ~...

Japanese cars are so ~.

ADJ

reliably

It’s been working reliably for years.

ADV

reliability

He’s not at all worried about his car’s reliability.

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2.

Information that is ~ or that is from a ~ source is very likely to be correct.

There is no ~ information about civilian casualties...

ADJ

reliably

Sonia, we are reliably informed, loves her family very much.

ADV

reliability

Both questioned the reliability of recent opinion polls.

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