Meaning

3 senses
  1. (uncountable, usually)The quality of being reliable, dependable, or trustworthy.

    Zuverlässigkeit, Belastbarkeit

    надёжностьnadjóžnostʹ, то́чностьtóčnostʹ

    наді́йністьnadíjnistʹ, то́чністьtóčnistʹ, докла́дністьdokládnistʹ

    the quality of being dependable or reliable

  2. (uncountable, usually)The ability to measure the same thing consistently (of a measurement indicating the degree to which the measure is consistent); that is, repeated measurements would give the same result (See also validity).

  3. (uncountable, usually)Measurable time of work before failure

Examples

14 sentences
  1. I can assure you of his reliability.

  2. His reliability is often in question.

  3. His reputation is built on reliability.

  4. Your reliability has been questionable lately.

  5. He has a good name for reliability.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
quality of being reliable:
quality of a measurement:
Русский
By meaning 2
quality of being reliable:
quality of a measurement:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
quality of being reliable:
quality of a measurement:

Forms

plural: reliabilities
Singularreliability

uncountable

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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