reliable index

collocation in English

meaningsofreliableandindex

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reliable
adjective
uk
/rɪˈlaɪ.ə.bəl/us
/rɪˈlaɪ.ə.bəl/
Someone or something that is reliable can be trusted or believed because he, she, or it works or behaves well in the way ...
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index
noun
uk
/ˈɪn.deks/us
/ˈɪn.deks/
an alphabetical list, such as one printed at the back of a book showing which page a subject, name, etc. ...
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(Definition ofreliableandindexfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In other words, it seems that word frequency by itself is not areliableindexto the likelihood of a word being known.
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The method used here to monitor endocarp use provided areliableindexof mammal activity because endocarps were opened primarily around the parent tree.
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Thus, they can be considered areliableindexof the functionality of the primary somatosensory cortex.
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Standard deviation of the signal in frequency range of concern proves to be areliableindexfor such detection.
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These numbers probably do not afford areliableindexof the real effective demand as it exists to-day.
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Are the lists areliableindexof need?
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I know of noreliableindexof the internal value of the mark.
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One should not exaggerate the precise significance of these figures, because they are not areliableindexof the position throughout the year.
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Figures relating to such a period would, therefore, afford noreliableindexto the state of the revenue, and would inevitably lead to mistaken inferences.
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The commission has noreliableindexof progress to improve public understanding of its role.
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It is not practicable to maintain a valid andreliableindexof land values covering developed and undeveloped land.
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Hence, the densities presented here should not be considered as absolute densities but as reliable indices of absolute densities.
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