reliability English · revision 15052

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=1810}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: UK /rɪˌlaɪ.əˈbɪl.ə.ti/, US /rɪˌlaɪ.əˈbɪl.ə.t̬i/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[reliable]] and [[-ity]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The quality of being reliable: 1816, in Coleridge, in Etymonline and the OED;^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)^(MW Collegiate) Merriam-Webster gives 1810.^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ A reviewer of Coleridge's Biographia Literaria mocked him for having “even invented a new word, reliability” to praise a friend's punctuality.^(Etymonline) In statistics, the extent to which a repeated measurement gives the same result is from 1904 in the OED, by 1910 in Etymonline,^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline) and ''reliability tests'' and ''trials'' from 1910.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1810 – reliability.^(MWU 2024)

+ * 1816 – Coleridge's “new word”.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1904 – reliability (statistics).^(OED 1989)

+ * 1910 – reliability test.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The quality of being reliable; dependability.^(MWU 2024)^(OED 1989)

+ # ''(statistics)'' The extent to which a test or measurement gives the same result when repeated.^(MWU 2024)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[nonreliability]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[reliable]]

+ * [[rely]]

+ * [[rally]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}