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| authoritative |
accepted as correct and true; reliable as a source of information because said or written by an expert or authority. [1/2 definitions] |
| reliable |
When someone is reliable, it means that you can depend on them. You know that you can trust them. If a thing is reliable, it always does what you want it to, or it always acts in the same way so you can depend on it. |
| secure |
able to be counted on; reliable. [1/10 definitions] |
| sure |
steady and without fail; reliable. [1/4 definitions] |
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