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reliable
adjective
able
to
be
trusted
to
do
what
is
expected
or
to
work
well
every
time
•
Jake
is
always
reliable
—
he
never
misses
a
deadline
.
Jake
is
always
reliable
—
he
never
misses
a
deadline
.
•
The
bus
service
here
is
very
reliable
even
on
snowy
days
.
The
bus
service
here
is
very
reliable
even
on
snowy
days
.
From
rely
+
-able
,
first
recorded
in
the
late
16th
century
,
meaning
“
that
may
be
depended
on
.”
noun
a
person
or
thing
that
is
trusted
because
it
never
fails
to
help
or
work
when
needed
•
Whenever
my
car
breaks
down
,
Max
is
my
reliable
—
he
can
fix
anything
.
Whenever
my
car
breaks
down
,
Max
is
my
reliable
—
he
can
fix
anything
.
•
Grandma's
soup
is
the
old
reliable
when
someone
in
the
family
catches
a
cold
.
Grandma's
soup
is
the
old
reliable
when
someone
in
the
family
catches
a
cold
.
Extended
noun
use
of
the
adjective
,
first
noted
in
North
American
English
in
the
early
20th
century
.
