fidelity

CEFRC1

/fɪˈdɛl.ɪ.ti/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    Faithfulness to a person, cause, or agreement.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    Accuracy, or exact correspondence to some given quality or fact.

Examples

  • Histories are more full of Examples of the Fidelity of dogs than of Friends.

  • It's not the fidelity that bothers him.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
1
Synonyms
2

Also pronounced

  • /faɪˈdɛl.ɪ.ti/
  • /fᵻˈdɛlədi/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Loyalty to one's spouse or partner, including abstention from cheating or extramarital affairs.

  2. Faithfulness to one's moral or civic duties.

  3. The degree to which a system accurately reproduces an input.

More examples

In context

  • Take this ring as a token of my love and fidelity.

  • the fidelity of the civil servants

  • Near-synonym: faith

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Origin

noun

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.