reliability

C1 Topic:Abstract Ideas

US /riːˌlaɪəˈbɪləti/ See IPA manual

Freq #30062

Meanings

1

noun
The quality of being trustworthy and able to be depended on to work well or behave correctly.

Customers value the reliability of the new electric cars.
2

noun
The degree to which a test or measurement gives the same result when repeated.

Researchers checked the reliability of the survey before publishing it.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · the quality of being... dependability

Word family

Forms reliabilities

Derived forms nonreliability

Etymology

From reliable + -ity.

Topics

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