stable
adjective/ˈsteɪbl/
/ˈsteɪbl/
Word Family
- stable adjective (≠ unstable)
- stability noun (≠ instability)
- stabilize verb
- fixed or steady; not likely to move, change or fail synonym steady
- The patient's condition is stable (= it is not getting worse).
- Cattle prices remain stable.
- The situation in the country has remained relatively stable for a few months now.
- This ladder doesn't seem very stable.
- This would result in a more stable environment for the children.
- a stable relationship
- Efforts to establish a stable democracy in the country may well succeed.
- Put a book under the table leg to keep it stable.
Extra ExamplesTopics Moneyb2- Don't worry—it's perfectly stable!
- The unit is stable enough on level ground.
- attempts to keep prices stable
- He was not married, but he was in a stable relationship.
- The industry should do everything it can to keep prices stable.
- These children badly need a stable and secure home life.
- a stable situation/environment/government/population
- stable employment
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- (of a person) calm and reasonable; not easily upset synonym balanced
- Mentally, she is not very stable.
- He was not emotionally stable enough to think through his decision.
- Psychiatric officials determined that he was psychologically stable.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
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- (specialist) (of a substance) staying in the same chemical or atomic state
- chemically stable
- an element forming stable compounds
opposite unstable
Word Originadjective Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French, from Latin stabilis, from the base of stare ‘to stand’.
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