MEANING
Having a good reputation for honesty, competence, or dependable work.
Use it for
evaluating a source’s general standing; distinguishing established credibility from a specific claim’s accuracy; describing an organization known for responsible workDescribes credible standing without substituting reputation for evaluation of a specific claim. Academic functions: Evidence, Qualification / Uncertainty.
Words that belong together
- reputable source
- reputable publisher
- reputable institution
On the page
A reputable publisher offers a useful credibility signal, but the article’s methods still require examination.
The review compares the firm’s claims with independent evidence rather than relying solely on its reputable standing.
Nearby words
Word forms
- Base
- reputable
Usage notes
Adjective: reputable publisher, reputable institution. More reputable and most reputable are natural when comparing standing, but state the basis. Register: neutral. Commonness: moderately common (qualitative editorial estimate, informed by dictionaries/corpus).
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