Reliability

Definition

reliable /r'laǝbl/ adj ယံုၾကည္အားထားရေသာ။ ယံုၾကည္ စိတ္ခ်ရ ေသာ။ a reliable assistant/witness/goalkeeper ❍ a reliable watch/car ❍ a reliable service/supply/source of information ❍ My memory's not very reliable these days. ❏ reliability /r ' laǝ'blǝti/ n [U] ယံုၾကည္အားထားရမႈ။ စိတ္ခ်ရမႈ။ the reliability of public transport ❍ What do you look for in buying a car — speed or reliability? ❏ reliably /-ǝbli/ adv ယံုၾကည္စိတ္ခ်ႏိုင္ေသာ ဌာနမွ (သိရိွရ သည္)။ I am reliably informed (ie told by a reliable source) that he's about to resign.

Examples

1. Alice can look after the children. She’s very reliable.
2. A reliable workman/car
3. This is a better and more reliable car than my last one.
4. A reliable method of birth control
5. How reliable are these statistics?
6. There turned out to be no reliable evidence of Mardell’s guilt.
7. I heard this from a very reliable source.