reliability

[ ri-lahy-uh-bil-i-tee ]

noun

1. the ability to be relied on or depended on, as for accuracy, honesty, or achievement.

Other Words From

• nonre·lia·bili·ty noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of reliability¹

reliable + -ity

Example Sentences

Google is constantly tweaking Google Search to improve search quality, relevancy, reliability and accuracy.

From Search Engine Land

Where once public debates about the reliability of one model versus another could command front-page headlines, today updated projections barely break into the news cycle.

From FiveThirtyEight

Verizon came in first for reliability, accessibility, data connections, and calling.

From Fortune

California, the world’s fifth-largest economy, is also a critical test case for the reliability of an electricity grid operating with a rising share of renewable power from fluctuating wind and solar resources.

From MIT Technology Review

Sportico will be monetized solely through direct sold advertising for now, Glover said, with the goal of building its reputation, and the reliability of its audience, with brands.

From Digiday

CIA goes to great lengths to understand the reliability and accuracy of every source.

From The Daily Beast

These non-attitudes, or baseless opinions, can drag the data away from a position of reliability or usefulness.

From The Daily Beast

Instead, they wear face masks with varying degrees of reliability.

From The Daily Beast

The irony is that the Afghans have already proven their reliability and trustworthiness in the heat of battle.

From The Daily Beast

Its engines would need to be a step change in both the power they delivered and in their reliability.

From The Daily Beast

The primitive trysts were probably at the old Trysting Trees; trust means reliability and credit and truce means peace.

From Project Gutenberg

Next in line of hardiness and reliability is the Weschcke hickory.

From Project Gutenberg

The whole contrivance was not very elegant, but impressed one with its strength and reliability.

From Project Gutenberg

Psychological investigations of the reliability of human evidence make the science of service in the court room.

From Project Gutenberg

In matters of this kind everything depends upon the qualifications of the accuser and the reliability of the witness.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• accuracy
• authenticity
• honesty
• loyalty
• safety
• security
• soundness
• trustworthiness