reliability
reliability noun: the quality of being reliable, dependable, or trustworthy.
Noun
reliability (usually uncountable, plural reliabilities)
- 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.2023 April 5, Philip Haigh, “Comment: Pay deal a positive result”, in RAIL, number 980, page 3
- Synonyms:
- dependability
- Antonyms:
- unreliability
- 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
reliability meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada
reliability in Tamil
- நம்பகம், நம்பகத்தன்மை
reliability in Urdu
- reliability
- اعتبار iʻtibār
reliability in Malayalam
- വിശ്വാസ്യത, പ്രാമാണ്യം
reliability in Kannada
- ವಿಶ್ವಸನೀಯತೆ, ವಿಶ್ವಾಸಾರ್ಹತೆ, ನಂಬಿಕೆಗೆ ಅರ್ಹವಾಗಿರುವುದು, ಅರ್ಹತೆ, ಯೋಗ್ಯತೆ, ತಾಳಿಕೆ
More languagesFewer languages
- reliability in Punjabi
- ਇਤਬਾਰ itabār
- reliability in Tagalog
- pagkamapanghahawakan
- reliability in Malay
- kebolehpercayaan, keandalan
- reliability in Indonesian
- reliabilitas, keterandalan, keandalan
Examples of reliability in a sentence
- MPG is considered a figure of merit when comparing fuel economy of cars, but it doesn't address cost or reliability.
- They decided to save money by using the cheapest components available, but down the road they ran into problems with reliability.
- They decided to save money by using the cheapest components available, but down the line they ran into problems with reliability.
Synonyms of reliability
Antonyms
Forms of reliability
| plural | reliabilities |
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Origin of reliability
From reliable + -ity.
Words formed from reliability
Questions about reliability
- What does reliability mean?
- Reliability means the quality of being reliable, dependable, or trustworthy.
- What is reliability in Tamil?
- Reliability in Tamil is நம்பகம், நம்பகத்தன்மை. See Reliability meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is reliability?
- Reliability is a noun.
- What is the plural of reliability?
- The plural of reliability is reliabilities.
Words near reliability in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: reliability (page history and authors); reliability (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); اعتبار (Urdu) (page history and authors); reliability (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); reliability (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਇਤਬਾਰ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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