reliable
pronunciation
How to pronounce reliable in British English:
UK [rɪˈlaɪəbl]
How to pronounce reliable in American English:
US [rɪˈlaɪəbl]
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- Adjective:
- worthy of reliance or trust
- conforming to fact and therefore worthy of belief
- worthy of being depended on
Word Origin
- reliable (adj.)
- 1560s, raliabill, Scottish; see rely + -able. Not common before 1850; and sometimes execrated thereafter in Britain as an Americanism because it involves a use of -able different from its use in provable, etc., but defended (by OED, Century Dictionary, etc.) on grounds of use of the suffix in available, laughable, etc.. Related: Reliably.
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Example
- 1. His dog was always more reliable ?
- 2. Ykk , for decades now , has established itself as old reliable .
- 3. There is little reliable business news .
- 4. But if anything goes wrong your boss will wonder why you didn 't opt for old reliable .
- 5. But now researchers have found well-hidden growth bands in the animals that persist through molting and yield reliable ages .