fidelity
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/fɪˈdɛl.ɪ.ti/
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/fɪˈdɛl.ɪ.ti/ · /faɪˈdɛl.ɪ.ti/ · /fᵻˈdɛlədi/(US)
Definition of fidelity
5 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(countable, uncountable)Faithfulness to one's moral or civic duties.
“the fidelity of the civil servants”
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noun
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(countable, uncountable)Faithfulness to one's moral or civic duties.
“the fidelity of the civil servants”
- (countable, uncountable)Loyalty to one's spouse or partner, including abstention from cheating or extramarital affairs.
- (countable, uncountable)Accuracy, or exact correspondence to some given quality or fact.
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(countable, uncountable)The degree to which a system accurately reproduces an input.
“By placing them closer to the source, we can reduce the number of messages in the system and this in turn is likely to improve the fidelity of the system.”
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(archaic, countable, uncountable)Faithfulness to God and one's religion.
“Near-synonym: faith”
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Etymology
15th century, from Middle English [Term?], from Middle French fidélité, from Latin fidēlitās, from fidēlis (“faithful”), from fidēs (“faith, loyalty”) (English faith), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰidʰ-, zero-grade of *bʰeydʰ- (“to command, to persuade, to trust”) (English bide). Doublet of fealty.
Words you can make from fidelity
101 playable · top: FETIDLY (14 pts)
Best play fetidly 14 points6-letter words
5 words5-letter words
19 words4-letter words
31 words- DEFY 11 pts
- FLEY 10 pts
- DEFI 8 pts
- DEFT 8 pts
- DELF 8 pts
- FLED 8 pts
- IDLY 8 pts
- IDYL 8 pts
- TIDY 8 pts
- YELD 8 pts
- FELT 7 pts
- FILE 7 pts
- FLIT 7 pts
- LEFT 7 pts
- LIEF 7 pts
- LIFE 7 pts
- LIFT 7 pts
- YETI 7 pts
- DEIL 5 pts
- DELI 5 pts
- DELT 5 pts
- DIEL 5 pts
- DIET 5 pts
- DITE 5 pts
- EDIT 5 pts
- IDLE 5 pts
- LIED 5 pts
- TIDE 5 pts
- TIED 5 pts
- LITE 4 pts
- TILE 4 pts
3-letter words
32 words- FEY 9 pts
- FLY 9 pts
- DEF 7 pts
- DEY 7 pts
- DIF 7 pts
- DYE 7 pts
- FED 7 pts
- FID 7 pts
- EFT 6 pts
- ELF 6 pts
- FET 6 pts
- FIE 6 pts
- FIL 6 pts
- FIT 6 pts
- LEY 6 pts
- LYE 6 pts
- TYE 6 pts
- YET 6 pts
- DEL 4 pts
- DIE 4 pts
- DIT 4 pts
- ELD 4 pts
- LED 4 pts
- LID 4 pts
- TED 4 pts
- LEI 3 pts
- LET 3 pts
- LIE 3 pts
- LIT 3 pts
- TEL 3 pts
- TIE 3 pts
- TIL 3 pts
2-letter words
13 wordsFind your best play with fidelity
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