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dependable

adj
/dɪˈpɛndəbəɫ/UK

Etymology

From depend + -able.

  1. derived from dē-
  2. derived from dependeō
  3. derived from dependre
  4. inherited from dependen
  5. suffixed as dependable — “depend + able”

Definitions

  1. Able, or easily able to be depended on.

    • He was a very dependable person.

  2. 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.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at dependable. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at dependable. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at dependable

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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