Usually means: Consistently dependable in performance, accuracy.
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We found 32 dictionaries that define the word reliable:

General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. reliable: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. reliable: Merriam-Webster
  3. reliable: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. reliable: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. reliable: Collins English Dictionary
  6. reliable: Vocabulary.com
  7. Reliable, reliable: Wordnik
  8. reliable: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. reliable: Wiktionary
  10. reliable: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. reliable: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. reliable: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. reliable: Dictionary.com
  14. reliable: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. reliable: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Reliable: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Reliable: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. reliable: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. reliable: Rhymezone
  20. reliable: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. reliable: FreeDictionary.org
  22. reliable: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. reliable: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  2. reliable: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. reliable: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. reliable: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. reliable: Medical dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. reliable: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  Suitable or fit to be relied on; worthy of dependence, reliance or trust; dependable, trustworthy
adjective:  (signal processing, of a communication protocol) Such that either a sent packet will reach its destination, even if it requires retransmission, or the sender will be told that it didn't
noun:  Something or someone reliable or dependable

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