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reliability

reliability

60 3.5
A person or thing you can trust to work well every time
  • noun
  • /rɪˌlaɪəˈbɪlɪti/
translation icon : fiabilidad
  • The engineers conducted several tests to ensure the reliability of the new software before its launch.
  • reliability and validity
  • internal reliability
  • reliability and consistency

Texas is big enough that the reliability implications aren't that great.

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Examples

  • More research is necessary to establish further reliability of the instrument.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Other organizations should be encouraged to use the tool to improve reliability and validity.

    Academic text (2011)
  • It's a case of reliability as well as cost.

  • We expect them to have 100% reliability.

  • All, all the long term projects we have depend on the security and the reliability of law and order.

  • In a job like this, one hundred percent reliability was the only acceptable performance.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • Lonitis lists six factors that can influence the reliability of published research studies.

  • Reforms to the legislation are needed in order to improve the reliability of measuring school effectiveness.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Assessment workers, family service workers, and special investigators expressed concern about the reliability of interviews with children with disabilities.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Now, one of the reasons police departments have been looking at Tesla's is that they they have such high reliability and little maintenance.

Synonyms

faithfulness
vsreliability
14 2.0

The state of being loyal and true to someone, like a friend or pet

focuses on being worthy of confidence rather than personal loyalty
trustworthiness
vsreliability
12 3.8

A quality that shows someone or something is reliable and honest

is the same meaning but a different word form
steadiness
vsreliability
4 3.6

The state of being calm and not changing under pressure

emphasizes being worthy of confidence rather than simple consistency
dependability
vsreliability
4 3.4

Being trustworthy and able to be relied on to do what is needed

is the same meaning but another word form
solidness
vsreliability
1 4.1

Stability and reliability, for example in money matters or a person's actions

focuses on being worthy of confidence generally rather than specific domains
reliableness
vsreliability
4.1

The quality of being able to be trusted

is the same meaning but a different word form
dependableness
vsreliability
3.0

Being someone or something you can trust to do what is needed

is the same meaning but a different word form
trustiness
vsreliability
5.6

How much you can rely on someone or something

is the same meaning but a different word form

Antonyms

Not being dependable or able to be trusted

A quality of not being reliable or honest

How Reliable

reliability
60 3.5
inconsistency
30 4.8

Surface Forms

reliability singular
reliabilities plural

Morphology

reliability = reliable (transparent) = rely + able + ity

The noun is formed regularly from the adjective 'reliable' with '-ity', and the meaning 'state/quality of being reliable' is straightforward.

Etymology

Reliability comes from the verb rely ('to trust') plus the ending -able ('able to be'). So reliability is the quality of being 'able to be trusted' and doing the same good job again and again.