Reliable
adjective
Can be trusted or believed because he, she, or it works or behaves well in the way you expect.
She's been very reliable - she's never missed a day of work.
Often appears as...
- reliable source
- reliable information
adjective
Performing consistently well; not likely to fail.
This car is old but it's still reliable.
Often appears as...
- reliable transport
- reliable equipment
adjective
Able to be trusted to do or provide what is needed.
Our software is fast, secure, and reliable.
Often appears as...
- reliable system
- reliable software
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Technical
adjective
Can be trusted or believed because he, she, or it works or behaves well in the way you expect.
She's been very reliable - she's never missed a day of work.
Often appears as...
- reliable source
- reliable information
adjective
Performing consistently well; not likely to fail.
This car is old but it's still reliable.
Often appears as...
- reliable transport
- reliable equipment
adjective
Able to be trusted to do or provide what is needed.
Our software is fast, secure, and reliable.
Often appears as...
- reliable system
- reliable software
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Behavior Expectation
Use 'reliable' when someone consistently meets expectations in behavior or performance.
Our babysitter is very reliable; she always arrives on time.
Pro Tip 2/3Personal Trust
'Reliable' often describes a person you can trust with tasks or confide in without worry.
He's a reliable partner in a project, ensuring everything is completed perfectly.
Pro Tip 3/3Positive Connotation
'Reliable' carries a positive tone, suggesting competence and responsibility.
Ask Jane for help; she’s a reliable colleague.
Pro Tip 1/3Behavior Expectation
Use 'reliable' when someone consistently meets expectations in behavior or performance.
Our babysitter is very reliable; she always arrives on time.
Pro Tip 2/3Personal Trust
'Reliable' often describes a person you can trust with tasks or confide in without worry.
He's a reliable partner in a project, ensuring everything is completed perfectly.
Pro Tip 3/3Positive Connotation
'Reliable' carries a positive tone, suggesting competence and responsibility.
Ask Jane for help; she’s a reliable colleague.
Pro Tip 1/3Behavior Expectation
Use 'reliable' when someone consistently meets expectations in behavior or performance.
Our babysitter is very reliable; she always arrives on time.
Pro Tip 2/3Personal Trust
'Reliable' often describes a person you can trust with tasks or confide in without worry.
He's a reliable partner in a project, ensuring everything is completed perfectly.
Pro Tip 3/3Positive Connotation
'Reliable' carries a positive tone, suggesting competence and responsibility.
Ask Jane for help; she’s a reliable colleague.
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Can you solve the temple...
but all you need is reliable evidence about three of the four paths. The fourth you can figure out using the process of elimination. Of course, none of this matters if you're lucky enough to find the exit yourself, but otherwise, putting everything together leaves you with three possibilities. If each group gives a consistent answer,
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The language of lying —...
eye trackers, infrared brain scanners, and even the 400-pound electroencephalogram. But although such tools have worked under certain circumstances, most can be fooled with enough preparation, and none are considered reliable enough to even be admissible in court. But, what if the problem is not with the techniques,
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Uncovering a radical...
are said to make their commercial debut this time next year the challenge we're facing now is the show they can reliably operate for many years but accelerated testing shows were on track what's more we're discovering these profs cards also excellent light emitters and they could
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Thoughts on humanity,...
I met people who had descended from all over the world, faces, races, genders, money-lenders. Definitions became more and more fluid. Work began to define you at that time in an overwhelmingly equalizing manner, and all the systems started to feel less reliable to me,
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How do pregnancy tests...
and found that it predicted pregnancy with a respectable 70% accuracy, though it couldn't reliably tell the sex of the baby. Scientists hypothesized that the test worked because pregnant women's urine contains more estrogen, which can promote seed growth.
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5 tips to improve your...
Using the tools at their disposal, they'll eliminate everything but the most useful and reliable information. There are many different ways of approaching critical thinking, but here's one five-step process that may help you solve any number of problems.
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Should we get rid of...
measuring abstract characteristics or skills, such as creativity, critical thinking, and collaboration. If we design a test poorly, or ask it to do the wrong job, or a job it's not very good at, the results may not be reliable or valid.
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Will we ever be able to...
And remember, never say never. In a little over a century, mankind has advanced from an uncertain new understanding of the behavior of electrons at the atomic scale to reliably teleporting them across a room.
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The Water Crisis PIPE...
vegan lifestyle livestock farmers in the amazon don't have to worry about where their water comes from but in arizona the largest reliable influx of water has to be pumped uphill from the colorado river
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A Perfect Planet:...
annual weather patterns have been stable for thousands of years and it's this reliability on which life depends
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Can you solve the temple...
but all you need is reliable evidence about three of the four paths. The fourth you can figure out using the process of elimination. Of course, none of this matters if you're lucky enough to find the exit yourself, but otherwise, putting everything together leaves you with three possibilities. If each group gives a consistent answer,
Video examples
The language of lying —...
eye trackers, infrared brain scanners, and even the 400-pound electroencephalogram. But although such tools have worked under certain circumstances, most can be fooled with enough preparation, and none are considered reliable enough to even be admissible in court. But, what if the problem is not with the techniques,
Video examples
Uncovering a radical...
are said to make their commercial debut this time next year the challenge we're facing now is the show they can reliably operate for many years but accelerated testing shows were on track what's more we're discovering these profs cards also excellent light emitters and they could
Video examples
Thoughts on humanity,...
I met people who had descended from all over the world, faces, races, genders, money-lenders. Definitions became more and more fluid. Work began to define you at that time in an overwhelmingly equalizing manner, and all the systems started to feel less reliable to me,
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How do pregnancy tests...
and found that it predicted pregnancy with a respectable 70% accuracy, though it couldn't reliably tell the sex of the baby. Scientists hypothesized that the test worked because pregnant women's urine contains more estrogen, which can promote seed growth.
Video examples
5 tips to improve your...
Using the tools at their disposal, they'll eliminate everything but the most useful and reliable information. There are many different ways of approaching critical thinking, but here's one five-step process that may help you solve any number of problems.
Video examples
Should we get rid of...
measuring abstract characteristics or skills, such as creativity, critical thinking, and collaboration. If we design a test poorly, or ask it to do the wrong job, or a job it's not very good at, the results may not be reliable or valid.
Video examples
Will we ever be able to...
And remember, never say never. In a little over a century, mankind has advanced from an uncertain new understanding of the behavior of electrons at the atomic scale to reliably teleporting them across a room.
Video examples
The Water Crisis PIPE...
vegan lifestyle livestock farmers in the amazon don't have to worry about where their water comes from but in arizona the largest reliable influx of water has to be pumped uphill from the colorado river
Video examples
A Perfect Planet:...
annual weather patterns have been stable for thousands of years and it's this reliability on which life depends
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Quote examples
Jan Koum
American Businessman
At WhatsApp, our engineers spend all their time fixing bugs, adding new features and ironing out all the little intricacies in our task of bringing rich, affordable, reliable messaging to every phone in the world. That's our product, and that's our passion. Your data isn't even in the picture. We are simply not interested in any of it.
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Joachim Low
German Coach
You shouldn't be scared of putting together a team made up of experts who are better than the coach in some aspects... So for me personally, it was important to have people in my environment who discuss things with me, who give me their opinions, but who are loyal to me and who are reliable.
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John Hagel III
American Businessman
Executives will talk about the importance of passion, but what they really mean is finding somebody who will work nights and weekends on their assigned task but predictably and reliably follow orders and just work harder.
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Fatih Birol
Turkish Economist
Humanity's future, to say nothing of its prosperity, will depend on how the world tackles two central energy challenges: securing reliable supplies of affordable energy and switching to efficient low-carbon energy.
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Margaret Thatcher
English Leader
If you lead a country like Britain, a strong country, a country which has taken a lead in world affairs in good times and in bad, a country that is always reliable, then you have to have a touch of iron about you.
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Faith Salie
American Journalist
Harassment doesn't just happen to 'social observers' and 'comedians' - women who express themselves publicly are reliably verbally attacked online and in person, not for their substance but for their form.
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Gina Haspel
American Public Servant
CIA will continue to pursue every lead; analyze the information we collect with critical, objective eyes; and brief reliable intelligence to protect U.S. forces deployed around the world.
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Gretchen Rubin
American Author
Often, the more reliably you perform a task, the less likely it is for someone to notice that you're doing it and to feel grateful and to feel any impulse to help or to take a turn.
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Jodi Balfour
South African Actress
For me, a car is a mode of transport - a reliable way to get from A to B. Comfort is important. And it's very important to fit my friends and be able to go on a road trip.
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Harold S. Geneen
British Businessman
Facts from paper are not the same as facts from people. The reliability of the people giving you the facts is as important as the facts themselves.
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Jan Koum
American Businessman
At WhatsApp, our engineers spend all their time fixing bugs, adding new features and ironing out all the little intricacies in our task of bringing rich, affordable, reliable messaging to every phone in the world. That's our product, and that's our passion. Your data isn't even in the picture. We are simply not interested in any of it.
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Joachim Low
German Coach
You shouldn't be scared of putting together a team made up of experts who are better than the coach in some aspects... So for me personally, it was important to have people in my environment who discuss things with me, who give me their opinions, but who are loyal to me and who are reliable.
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John Hagel III
American Businessman
Executives will talk about the importance of passion, but what they really mean is finding somebody who will work nights and weekends on their assigned task but predictably and reliably follow orders and just work harder.
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Fatih Birol
Turkish Economist
Humanity's future, to say nothing of its prosperity, will depend on how the world tackles two central energy challenges: securing reliable supplies of affordable energy and switching to efficient low-carbon energy.
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Margaret Thatcher
English Leader
If you lead a country like Britain, a strong country, a country which has taken a lead in world affairs in good times and in bad, a country that is always reliable, then you have to have a touch of iron about you.
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Faith Salie
American Journalist
Harassment doesn't just happen to 'social observers' and 'comedians' - women who express themselves publicly are reliably verbally attacked online and in person, not for their substance but for their form.
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Gina Haspel
American Public Servant
CIA will continue to pursue every lead; analyze the information we collect with critical, objective eyes; and brief reliable intelligence to protect U.S. forces deployed around the world.
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Gretchen Rubin
American Author
Often, the more reliably you perform a task, the less likely it is for someone to notice that you're doing it and to feel grateful and to feel any impulse to help or to take a turn.
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Jodi Balfour
South African Actress
For me, a car is a mode of transport - a reliable way to get from A to B. Comfort is important. And it's very important to fit my friends and be able to go on a road trip.
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Harold S. Geneen
British Businessman
Facts from paper are not the same as facts from people. The reliability of the people giving you the facts is as important as the facts themselves.
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