Ma'anar ƙamus na kalmar "mai dogara" shine "mai ikon dogara da shi; amintacce; abin dogara; mai ikon iya amincewa da yin abin da ake sa ran ko ake bukata." Ana amfani da shi sau da yawa don kwatanta mutane, abubuwa, ko yanayi waɗanda za a iya ƙidaya su don yin aiki akai-akai ba tare da kasawa ba. Ma’anar abin dogara sun haɗa da amintacce, abin dogaro, mai aminci, alhaki, da daidaito.
1. Not that any wrongdoings happened often, but Connor was a dependable and honorable guy.
2. You have become one of my most trusted and dependable knights, and you have become a better young woman, as well.
3. Having met her husband, he must be dependable indeed.
4. Calder was one of his favorite and most dependable knights.
5. The dependable, rational guy who was always well prepared.
6. She thought about her father, a good man, solid, loving, dependable, honorable, and her thoughts turned again to Daniel.