stable

[Sta·ble]

When something is stable, it's fixed and steady. If you needed advice, you'd probably go to your most stable friend, the one least likely to act crazy or be easily upset.

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Firmly established; not easily moved, shaken, or overthrown; fixed; as, a stable government.

Noun
a farm building for housing horses or other livestock

Verb
shelter in a stable; "stable horses"

Adjective S.
showing little if any change; "a static population"

Adjective S.
maintaining equilibrium

Adjective S.
not taking part readily in chemical change

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Adjective S.
firm and dependable; subject to little fluctuation; "the economy is stable"

Adjective
resistant to change of position or condition; "a stable ladder"; "a stable peace"; "a stable relationship"; "stable prices"


v. i.
Firmly established; not easily moved, shaken, or overthrown; fixed; as, a stable government.

v. i.
Steady in purpose; constant; firm in resolution; not easily diverted from a purpose; not fickle or wavering; as, a man of stable character.

v. i.
Durable; not subject to overthrow or change; firm; as, a stable foundation; a stable position.

v. t.
To fix; to establish.

v. i.
A house, shed, or building, for beasts to lodge and feed in; esp., a building or apartment with stalls, for horses; as, a horse stable; a cow stable.

v. t.
To put or keep in a stable.

v. i.
To dwell or lodge in a stable; to dwell in an inclosed place; to kennel.


Stable

Sta"ble , a. [OE. estable, F. stable, fr. L. stabilis, fr. stare to stand. See Stand, v. i. and cf. Establish.] 1. Firmly established; not easily moved, shaken, or overthrown; fixed; as, a stable government.
In this region of chance, . . . where nothing is stable.
2. Steady in purpose; constant; firm in resolution; not easily diverted from a purpose; not fickle or wavering; as, a man of stable character.
And to her husband ever meek and stable.
3. Durable; not subject to overthrow or change; firm; as, a stable foundation; a stable position. Stable equibrium (Mech.), the kind of equilibrium of a body so placed that if disturbed it returns to its former position, as in the case when the center of gravity is below the point or axis of support; -- opposed to unstable equilibrium, in which the body if disturbed does not tend to return to its former position, but to move farther away from it, as in the case of a body supported at a point below the center of gravity. Cf. Neutral equilibrium, under Neutral. Syn. -- Fixed; steady; constant; abiding; strong; durable; firm.

Stable

Sta"ble, v. t. To fix; to establish. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Stable

Sta"ble, n. [OF. estable, F. '82table, from L. stabulum, fr. stare to stand. See Stand, v. i.] A house, shed, or building, for beasts to lodge and feed in; esp., a building or apartment with stalls, for horses; as, a horse stable; a cow stable. Milton. Stable fly (Zo'94l.), a common dipterous fly (Stomoxys calcitrans) which is abundant about stables and often enters dwellings, especially in autumn. These files, unlike the common house files, which they resemble, bite severely, and are troublesome to horses and cattle.

Stable

Sta"ble, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stabled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Stabling .] To put or keep in a stable.

Stable

Sta"ble, v. i. To dwell or lodge in a stable; to dwell in an inclosed place; to kennel. Milton.

Firmly established; not easily moved, shaken, or overthrown; fixed; as, a stable government.

To fix; to establish.

A house, shed, or building, for beasts to lodge and feed in; esp., a building or apartment with stalls, for horses; as, a horse stable; a cow stable.

To put or keep in a stable.

To dwell or lodge in a stable; to dwell in an inclosed place; to kennel.

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Usage Examples

I trust in nature for the stable laws of beauty and utility. Spring shall plant and autumn garner to the end of time.

I can't sing but I can understand wanting to keep a balance, trying to pursue dreams, while creating a stable environment for my children.

If we were to select the most intelligent, imaginative, energetic, and emotionally stable third of mankind, all races would be present.

A home is crucial, the foundation of a stable family.

Now, do I think there has to be shared sacrifice among other nations in the world who want a stable and secure world? Absolutely, there has to be. But I don't think that America can ever abdicate its leadership role in the world because of who we are and where we've come from. We are the symbol for the world for freedom and liberty.

My whole working philosophy is that the only stable happiness for mankind is that it shall live married in blessed union to woman-kind - intimacy, physical and psychical between a man and his wife. I wish to add that my state of bliss is by no means perfect.

Law is stable the societies we are speaking of are progressive. The greater or less happiness of a people depends on the degree of promptitude with which the gulf is narrowed.

A world without nuclear weapons would be less stable and more dangerous for all of us.

I was brought up in a household of chaos and I never felt stable at home.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

I think I'd like to stay anchoring because, number one, I'm learning a lot, and I love it when I'm learning. And number two, I also have the luxury of a stable life.

It's only fair that stable gay relationships of long standing should have the same rights and responsibilities as married couples. I know the image of gay marriage is to some people horrific and ludicrous.

I know in my own marriage I stayed in it to provide my son with what I thought was a stable background and to give him what I thought was the family life a child should have with two parents. But that isn't always the best way, and it took me taking my son to therapy after the divorce to really see it.

In a wristwatch, imagine the battery is in the strap and there's a medical sensor in there connected to the internet. If someone is monitoring that, they could phone up if the user has forgotten to take some medication. This could save hundreds of dollars in medical fees later. What's missing? It's a stable battery.

It would behoove the world to become used to this fact: that without a just solution to the Palestine tragedy, there can be no stable peace in the Middle East.

Back then, a half-a-century ago, the situation was totally different. Economically, we were practically on our knees, and politically, we were still excluded from the community of nations. Today, in this respect, we have a totally different and much more stable basis.

A society deadened by a smothering network of laws while finding release in moral chaos is not likely to be either happy or stable.

My workouts include aerobic exercise for a healthy cardiovascular system strength training to maintain muscle tone and bone density core strength exercise for a stable mid-section and stretching to maintain mobility.

All the technology of our production was still pre-War. They were sort of '38, '39 and the War had been stable and so we were infinitely behind whatever had been going on in the United States for instance.

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