reliable

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Adjective 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Antonyms 1.3.3 Derived terms 1.3.4 Related terms 1.3.5 Translations 1.3.6 See also 1.4 Noun 1.4.1 Translations

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Scottish raliabill, itself from to rely + -able

[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: rĭ-līʹə-bəl, IPA: /rɪˈlaɪəbəl/, SAMPA: /rI"laI@b@l/
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[edit] Adjective

reliable (comparative more reliable, superlative most reliable)

1. Suitable or fit to be relied on; worthy of dependance or reliance; trustworthy

   A reliable witness to the truth of the miracles. -- Andrews Norton.

   The best means, and most reliable pledge, of a higher object. -- Samuel Taylor Coleridge.

   According to General Livingston's humorous account, his own village of Elizabethtown was not much more reliable, being peopled in those agitated times by unknown, unrecommended strangers, guilty-looking Tories, and very knavish Whigs. --Washington Irving.

2. (signal processing, of a communication protocol) Such that either a sent packet will reach its destination, even if it requires retransmission, or the sender will be told that it didn't

[edit] Synonyms

• secure

[edit] Antonyms

• unreliable

[edit] Derived terms

• reliableness
• reliably

[edit] Related terms

• reliability
• reliance
• rely

[edit] Translations

[edit] See also

• Reliability on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Reliability

[edit] Noun

reliable (plural reliables)

1. Something or someone reliable

   the old reliables

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