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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.
Related Words
synonyms (138)
Words with the same meaning
- absolute
- accurate
- adducible
- admissible
- apposite
- attestative
- attested
- attestive
- authentic
- authenticated
- balanced
- based on
- believable
- calculable
- certain
- circumstantial
- circumstantiated
- cogent
- colorable
- compelling
- conceivable
- conclusive
- confirmed
- conscientious
- convincing
- cool
- credible
- cumulative
- damning
- decisive
- dependable
- determinative
- documentary
- documented
- evidential
- evidentiary
- ex parte
- eye-witness
- factual
- fail-safe
- faithful
- faithworthy
- fast
- fiducial
- fiduciary
- final
- firm
- firm as Gibraltar
- firsthand
- founded on
- grounded on
- guaranteed
- harmless
- hearsay
- honest
- honorable
- imperturbable
- implicit
- in equilibrium
- incontrovertible
- incorruptible
- indicative
- indisputable
- inerrable
- inerrant
- infallible
- invincible
- inviolable
- invulnerable
- irrefutable
- irresistible
- material
- meaningful
- nuncupative
- overwhelming
- plausible
- predictable
- presumptive
- principled
- probative
- proven
- punctilious
- reputable
- responsible
- riskless
- safe
- secure
- significant
- solid
- sound
- stable
- staunch
- steadfast
- steady
- straight
- substantial
- suggestive
- sure
- surefire
- symptomatic
- telling
- tenable
- tested
- to be trusted
- tried
- tried and true
- true
- trustable
- trusted
- trustworthy
- trusty
- undangerous
- unerring
- unexceptionable
- unfailing
- unfalse
- unflappable
- unflinching
- unhazardous
- unimpeachable
- unperfidious
- unperilous
- unprecarious
- unquestionable
- unrisky
- unshakable
- untreacherous
- unwavering
- valid
- validated
- verified
- warranteed
- weighty
- well-balanced
- well-founded
- well-grounded
- without nerves
- worthy of faith
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