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dependable

adjectivenounattested in dialogue

  • United Kingdom/[dɪˈpɛndəbəɫ]/

Able, or easily able to be depended on.

adjective

  1. 1

    Able, or easily able to be depended on.

    He was a very dependable person.

Etymology

Etymology tree English depend Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlomder. Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English dependable From depend + -able.

noun

  1. 1

    A reliable person or thing.

    But Datsyuk’s return rejuvenated the old dependables like Rafalski, Lidstrom and Marian Hossa, who consistently outshone Malkin and Crosby.

Forms

plural
dependables
comparative
more dependable
superlative
most dependable
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