"reliable" meaning in English

See reliable in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /rɪˈlaɪəbəl/ Audio: en-us-reliable.ogg [US] Forms: reliable [positive], more reliable [comparative], most reliable [superlative]
enPR: rĭ-līʹə-bəl Etymology: rely + -able Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|rely|able}} rely + -able Head templates: {{adj|more=true}} [POS TABLE]
  1. Something or someone that is reliable can be trusted or believed.
    Sense id: simple-reliable-en-adj-RXH~6r5Z
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms suffixed with -able
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