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Meaning of fidelity in English

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fidelity
noun [ U ]

UK  /fɪˈdel.ə.ti / US  /fɪˈdel.ə.t̬ i /

fidelity noun [U] (LOYALTY)

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formal

honest or lasting support, or loyalty, especially to a sexual partner:

• marital fidelity Somerset Maugham's comedy of marital fidelity, "The Constant Wife"
• sexual fidelity How important do you think sexual fidelity is in a marriage?

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Loyal, faithful & dependable

a safe pair of hands idiom
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audaciously
be as good as your word idiom
be here for someone idiom
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reliable
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fidelity noun [U] (EXACT COPY)

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approving

the degree to which the detail and quality of an original, such as a picture, sound, or story, is
copied exactly:

• The best ink-jet printers can reproduce photographs with amazing fidelity.

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(Definition of fidelity from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

fidelity | AMERICAN DICTIONARY

fidelity
noun [ U ]

US  /fəˈdel·ɪ·t̬ i /

fidelity noun [U] (BEING LOYAL)

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the state of remaining loyal to someone and keeping the promises you made to that person

fidelity noun [U] (ACCURACY)

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the degree to which a copy of something shows the true character of the original:

• The fidelity of the tape recording was so poor that you could not understand much of what was said.

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(Definition of fidelity from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
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fidelity
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loyalty to a person or organization:

• Customer trust and fidelity are not acquired once and for all.
• They recently began testing a fidelity card scheme in Scotland prior to a national launch.
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Translations of fidelity

in Chinese (Traditional)

忠誠, （尤指對性伴侶的）忠誠，忠實，忠貞, 正本…

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in Chinese (Simplified)

忠诚, （尤指对性伴侣的）忠诚，忠实，忠贞, 正本…

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