Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Capable of being relied on; dependable.
- adjective Yielding the same or compatible results in different clinical experiments or statistical trials.
from The Century Dictionary.
- That may be relied on; fit or worthy to be relied on; worthy of reliance; to be depended on; trustworthy.
- Synonyms Trustworthy, trusty.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Suitable or fit to be relied on; worthy of dependance or reliance; trustworthy.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Suitable orfit to berelied on ; worthy ofdependence orreliance ;trustworthy - adjective signal processing 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
- noun Something or someone reliable
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective conforming to fact and therefore worthy of belief
- adjective worthy of reliance or trust
- adjective worthy of being depended on
Etymologies
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Examples
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Would not surprise me at all, however, I can state from personal experience that at least 1 of the big 3 U.S. car makers withhold data from these "black boxes" & have heard stories, from what I call reliable sources, that they have even gone to storage areas to remove them if a death was involved.
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Terry Cunha says it's just better for America to get more of its oil from what he calls a reliable neighbor.
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They say will make it easier for small groups and individuals to buy what they call reliable insurance that these people will be able to trust.
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They say will make it easier for small groups and individuals to buy what they call reliable insurance that these people will be able to trust.
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She knew little about finance, so when a broker offered what he called a reliable venture with a modest return, she put the sum into two limited partnerships that invested primarily in real estate.
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Kuwait-based Arab Times Editor-in-chief Ahmed al-Jarallah cites what he calls a reliable source saying a military strike against Iranian oil and nuclear facilities is planned before April to be launched from warships in the Persian Gulf that grow in number and readiness.
A Review of The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine by Ilan Pappe 2007
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Kuwait-based Arab Times Editor-in-chief Ahmed al-Jarallah cites what he calls a reliable source saying a military strike against Iranian oil and nuclear facilities is planned before April to be launched from warships in the Persian Gulf that grow in number and readiness.
A Review of The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine by Ilan Pappe 2007
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They're considering a system that would allow what they call reliable hearsay evidence in the trials when prosecuting terror suspects.
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ZAHN: Mr. Atwan, let's come back a moment to what you describe as your reliable sources.
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Algiers, the Algerian newspaper El Watan said, quoting what it called reliable sources.
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