Dependability

Definition: Dependability

Dependability

Noun

1. The trait of being dependable or reliable.

Domain	Definitions
Computing	Dependability See software reliability. Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.
Post & Telecom	A measure of the operating condition of an item or system at one or more points during the mission, including the effects of reliability, maintainability and survivability, given the item or system condition(availability)at the start of the mission. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Dependability

Synonyms: dependableness (n), reliability (n), reliableness (n). (additional references)

Antonym: undependability (n). (additional references)

Crosswords: Dependability

English words defined with "dependability": assay ♦ character, character reference, check ♦ reference. (references)

Specialty definitions using "dependability": Delta-4 ♦ TEACHER, VOCATIONAL TRAINING. (references)

Domain	Title
Books	Computer Performance and Dependability Symposium (Ipds 2000): 4th International (reference) Dependability : basic concepts and terminology in English, French, German, Italian, and Japanese (reference) Dependability and Durability of Engineering Products (reference) Dependability for Systems With a Partitioned State Space: Markov and Semi-Markov Theory and Computational Implementation (Lecture Notes in Statistic) (reference) Dependability of Critical Computer Systems 2: Guidelines Produced by the European Workshop on Industrial Computer Systems Technical Committee, No 7 (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Business		Buyers tend to privilege the name, reputation, and perceived dependability of insurers over price and services when selecting a company. (references)
		While this may not occur in all market segments, it could pay off when dealing with restaurant chains for which consistency, tough standards, and dependability are a key to preserving a favorable corporate image. (references)
		During a recent conference held by the Ministry for Cultural Assets, the most modern security systems currently available on the market were discussed, and careful analysis was made of the system architecture, dependability and technology used. Certification and standards issues were also taken into consideration. (references)
Economic History	Israel	Feed mills can be expected to continue to search for the golden combination of dependability, high quality, and low price. (references)
	Peru	Dependability becomes more influential in purchases of capital goods, notably advanced electronics and construction machinery. (references)
	Israel	To the extent that an ideal source is not found they can be expected to turn to the U.S. as a key supplier excelling in dependability of supply and product quality. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Speaker	Phrase(s)
Dennis Miller	Some people complain about the enforced uniformity of fast food all around the world, but personally I like the dependability.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

"Dependability" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Dependability" is used about 39 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	39	55,036

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "dependability"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		siguri (aplomb, assurance, assuredness, asylum, certainty, certitude, confidence, cover, guaranty, hostage, reliability, reliance, safety, security, sureness, surety, trustiness). (various references)

Arabic		‏الجدارة, ‏الثقة (confidence). (various references)

Bulgarian		сигурност (assurance, certainty, certitude, poise, reliability, safety, security, soundness, surety), надеждност (reliability, trustiness). (various references)

Chinese		可� 性 (reliability). (various references)

Czech		spolehlivost (reliability, solidity, steadiness, sureness, trustiness). (various references)

Danish		driftssikkerhed (reliability), pålidelighed (reliability). (various references)

Dutch		betrouwbaarheid (confidence, reliability). (various references)

Farsi		قابلیت اعتمادواطمینان . (various references)

French		sécurité de fonctionnement. (various references)

German		zuverlässigkeit (credibleness, creditableness, reliability, safeness, soundness, steadiness, sureness, tenacity, trustiness, trustworthiness). (various references)

Greek		βεβαιότητα λειτουργίας, ασφάλεια λειτουργίας, αξιοπιστία (credibility, credibleness, reliability, responsibility, trustiness, trustworthiness), ολική αξιοπιστία. (various references)

Hungarian		megbízhatóság (plain dealing, reliability, solidity, soundness, staunchness, tenacity, trustfulness, trustiness). (various references)

Indonesian		daya andal. (various references)

Italian		fedelt� (accuracy, accurateness, adhesion, allegiance, care, caution, constancy, exactness, faithfulness, fidelity, frequency, loyalty, precision, troth), affidabilit� (reliability). (various references)

Manx		barrantys (commission, dependence, dependency, guarantee, sponsorship, trust, trustworthiness). (various references)

Pig Latin		ependabilityday

Portuguese		segurança do funcionamento, segurança de funcionamento, segurança (assuredness, certainty, coverage, dependence, dependency, indemnity, reliability, safety, salvation, security, self-assurance, shelter), confiança (affiance, assurance, assuredness, belief, confidence, credit, dependence, dependency, faith, hope, hopeless, reliability, reliance, reposal, trust). (various references)

Russian		надежность (reliability, safety, trustiness, trustworthiness). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		pouzdanost (assertiveness, reliability, sureness, surety, trustiness, trustworthiness). (various references)

Spanish		seguridad de funcionamiento (fail safe, fail-safe, reliability), confianza (belief, confidence, dependence, dependency, faith, familiarity, hope, reliability, reliance, trust, trustfulness). (various references)

Swedish		pålitlighet (reliability). (various references)

Turkish		güvenilebilirlik. (various references)

Vietnamese		tính có thể tin được, tính có căn cứ, tính đáng tin cậy. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Misspellings
	"Dependability" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: dependibility. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "dependability" (pronounced dupe'ndubi"lutē)
8	-d u b i" l u t ē	affordability, credibility, debility, readability.
7	-u b i" l u t ē	ability, acceptability, accessibility, adaptability, admissibility, advisability, amiability, applicability, availability, believability, capability, comparability, compatibility, comprehensibility, convertibility, culpability, deductibility, deniability, desirability, disability, durability, electability, eligibility, enforceability, fallibility, feasibility, flammability, flexibility, gullibility, impossibility, inability, inaccessibility, incompatibility, indestructibility, inevitability, infallibility, inflexibility, instability, invincibility, invisibility, invulnerability, irresponsibility, irritability, legibility, liability, malleability, maneuverability, marketability, miscibility, palatability, permeability, plausibility, portability, possibility, predictability, probability, profitability, reliability, respectability, responsibility, sensibility, stability, suitability, survivability, susceptibility, sustainability, transferability, unavailability, unpredictability, unreliability, variability, viability, visibility, vulnerability.
6	-b i" l u t ē	immobility, mobility, nobility.
5	-i" l u t ē	agility, civility, docility, ductility, facility, fertility, fragility, futility, gentility, hostility, humility, incivility, infertility, motility, nonutility, senility, sterility, tranquility, utility, versatility, virility, volatility.
4	-l u t ē	abnormality, accountability, actuality, banality, bestiality, bisexuality, brutality, causality, centrality, collegiality, commonality, conditionality, confidentiality, congeniality, constitutionality, credulity, criminality, criticality, cyclicality, dimensionality, duality, equality, eventuality, extraterritoriality, fatality, fidelity, finality, formality, frivolity, frugality, functionality, generality, geniality, heterosexuality, homosexuality, hospitality, illegality, immorality, immortality, impartiality, impersonality, incredulity, individuality, inequality, infidelity, informality, instrumentality, irrationality, legality, lethality, liberality, locality, materiality, mentality, modality, morality, mortality, municipality, musicality, mutuality, nationality, neutrality, normality, originality, partiality, personality, plurality, polity, practicality, principality, proportionality, punctuality, quality, rationality, reality, seasonality, sensuality, sentimentality, sexuality, speciality, spirituality, technicality, theatricality, tonality, totality, triviality, universality, unreality, venality, vitality.
3	-u t ē	absurdity, acidity, activity, acuity, adversity, affinity, aggressivity, alacrity, alkalinity, ambiguity, amenity, amity, analyticity, animosity, annuity, anonymity, antiquity, anxiety, atrocity, audacity, austerity, authenticity, authority, barbarity, biodiversity, brevity, calamity, capacity, captivity, cavity, celebrity, charity, chastity, clarity, commodity, community, complexity, complicity, conductivity, conformity, congruity, connectivity, continuity, creativity, crotchety, curiosity, deformity, deity, density, depravity, deputy, dexterity, dignity, discontinuity, disparity, dissimilarity, disunity, diversity, divinity, domesticity, duplicity, eccentricity, elasticity, electricity, enmity, enormity, entity, equanimity, equity, eternity, ethnicity, exclusivity, expressivity, extremity, falsity, familiarity, Felicity, femininity, ferocity, festivity, fluidity, fraternity, generosity, gratuity, gravity, heredity, heterogeneity, hilarity, homogeneity, humanity, humidity, hyperactivity, hypersensitivity, identity, illiquidity, immaturity, immunity, impropriety, impunity, impurity, inactivity, incapacity, incongruity, indemnity, indignity, inequity, inferiority, infinity, infirmity, ingenuity, inhumanity, insanity, insecurity, insensitivity, insularity, integrity, intensity, irregularity, laity, laxity, levity, liquidity, lividity, longevity, majority, masculinity, maternity, maturity, mediocrity, mendacity, minority, modernity, monstrosity, morbidity, multiplicity, nativity, necessity, negativity, Nonconformity, nonentity, notoriety, nudity, obesity, objectivity, obscenity, obscurity, oddity, opacity, opportunity, overcapacity, oversensitivity, parity, particularity, passivity, paternity, paucity, peculiarity, perpetuity, perplexity, perversity, piety, polarity, pomposity, popularity, posterity, priority, probity, proclivity, productivity, profanity, progressivity, promiscuity, propensity, propriety, prosperity, proximity, publicity, purity, quantity, radioactivity, rapidity, rarity, reactivity, receptivity, reciprocity, reflexivity, regularity, relativity, religiosity, retroactivity, rickety, rigidity, salinity, sanctity, sanity, scarcity, security, selectivity, seniority, sensitivity, serendipity, serenity, severity, similarity, simplicity, sincerity, sobriety, society, solemnity, solidarity, solidity, sorority, specificity, spontaneity, stupidity, subjectivity, superconductivity, superfluidity, superiority, supermajority, surety, temerity, tenacity, timidity, toxicity, Trinity, turbidity, ubiquity, unanimity, unfamiliarity, uniformity, unity, university, unpopularity, uppity, validity, vanity, variety, varsity, velocity, velvety, veracity, Verity, vicinity, virginity, virtuosity, viscosity, voracity, vulgarity.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-b-d-d-e-e-i-i-l-n-p-t-y"
	-3 letters: bipedality, dependably.
	-4 letters: bepainted, datelined, depainted, depilated.
	-5 letters: bedplate, beladied, bendayed, bidental, binately, daintily, dateline, deadline, debility, deniable, deniably, dentiled, depilate, deplaned, detailed, detained, editable, endplate, entailed, ideality, indebted, inedible, inedited, lineated, pantiled, pedately, penality, petaline, pileated, pitiable, pitiably, plebeian, tapeline, tideland, typeable.
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