reliability

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noun 3

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

greater/greatest, high | poor | absolute | improved, increased | statistical

QUANT

degree, level

VERB + RELIABILITY

ensure

Regular maintenance helps ensure the reliability of your car engine.

improve, increase | reduce

assess, evaluate, judge

Before buying the used car, the mechanic had to evaluate its reliability.

measure

We need to measure the reliability of this new water filtration system before installing it.

RELIABILITY + VERB

improve, increase

RELIABILITY + NOUN

problem

Definitions

noun

The quality of being reliable, dependable, or trustworthy.

Above all, rail needs to be boring. By that, I mean that it must run its timetable reliably, day-in and day-out. Punctuality and reliability remain the bedrock of a successful railway.

the ability to measure the same thing consistently (of a measurement indicating the degree to which the measure is consistent); that is, repeated measurements would give the same result (See also validity).

measurable time of work before failure

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — the quality of being dependable or reliable

dependability
dependableness
reliableness

Antonyms

undependability
undependableness
unreliability
unreliableness

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

Above all, rail needs to be boring. By that, I mean that it must run its timetable reliably, day-in and day-out. Punctuality and reliability remain the bedrock of a successful railway.

Wiktionary

Cosby's argument concerns the reliability of the Hette Manuscript.

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In other words, reliability is impossible unless there is a natural warmth.

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All he has going for him is his reliability.

Tatoeba · #271963

I can assure you of his reliability.

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He has a good name for reliability.

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