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stable English

Meaning stable meaning

What does stable mean?
Definitions in simple English

stable Adjective

— If something is stable, it is unlikely to move or change. That number has remained relatively stable over the years. Ghana is often cited as one of the most stable democracies in West Africa. Five of the six victims remained hospitalized Tuesday in stable condition. Children need a stable environment at home. Our bodies maintain a stable body temperature. These young adults have relatively close and stable relationships with their parents. The Middle East is less stable today than at any time in the past quarter century. Each couple must on average have slightly more than two children if a population is to remain stable. Iron-57 and iron-58 are fairly stable, but iron-59 decays to cobalt-59 in a month. — If you are stable, you are calm and don't get upset easily. I'm a lot more stable than I was as a teen. Feeling happy, secure, and stable with the guy you're dating doesn't mean he's boring.

stable

— adjective resistant to change of position or condition a stable ladder a stable peace a stable relationship stable prices — noun a farm building for housing horses or other livestock — adjective firm and dependable; subject to little fluctuation the economy is stable — verb shelter in a stable stable horses — adjective maintaining equilibrium — adjective not taking part readily in chemical change — adjective (= static) showing little if any change a static population

Synonyms stable synonyms

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stable English » English

firm steady stall constant solid barn strong permanent pen fixed steadfast secure stationary static hard unchanging sound reliable horse barn corral calm balanced stabile safe immovable durable unshakable sure sty stanch stalls stabling smooth shed settled rigid cattle-shed stout staunch staid stability persistent patient outhouse outbuilding motionless invariant inflexible inelastic immoveable

Topics stable topics

What do people use stable to talk about?
Work and occupation Animal husbandry Domesticated animal

Beast of burden
Work and occupation Working with buildings

Building
Physical actions Move Manner of movement

Steady, unsteady
Physical actions Move

Not moving

  • What words describe something that is difficult to move?
    stable

Conjugation stable conjugation

How do you conjugate stable?

stable · verb

Examples stable examples

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Simple sentences

Three horses were stolen from the stable at night.
They entered the stable.
This stable contains twelve stalls.
Prices are stable these days.
You will be paid a stable base salary plus commissions on sale.
The economy of Japan is still stable.
The stable is right behind the farm house.
And your transfer function, is it stable?
The wormhole is stable.
Tom isn't stable.
The horse lives in the stable.
The horse is in the stable.
This is the best horse in the stable.
A world in which one percent of humanity controls as much wealth as the other 99 percent will never be stable.
According to the latest census, the language's number of speakers appears to be stable, or even increasing.
The government of the country is now stable.
Prices have been stable for the past three years.
It's too late to shut the stable door after the horse has bolted.
He is a man of strong, stable and trustworthy character.
The lock on the stable is broken.
Tom is a pretty stable person.
Our relationship is stable.
Tom is in a stable condition.
I'm stable.

Movie subtitles

Tonic-clonic seizure and VF arrest due to CO toxicity, but she's stable now.
Stable enough.
The Count of Vandeuvres, distinguished, skeptical, last of a noble line, owner of a racing stable.
Take the horse to the stable.
There's a stable on the ground floor and upstairs a kitchen and living space.
You see, the stable people always use them.
Mrs. Glendon and I used to throw jam in each other's hair as kids. and sail off the stable roof on improvised parachutes.
Casper Johnson, now, it has come to my attention that you publicly stated that you saw Higgins enter into the livery stable on the afternoon in question.
Did you or did you not see Higgins go into the livery stable?
Unless you can state positively that Higgins is the man that entered the livery stable and shot the Hartford boys, you'd better get down off that stand.
Then Fred Hartford came in the stable, and Higgins shot and killed him, didn't he?
Well, there's only one horse in my stable.
Look what's happened to our stable. Table.
We're going to the stable, Martha.
This looks like a stable.
It looks like a barn but smells like a stable.
Ten cents gets you in the only game in the stable.
Boy, how about straightening up this stable?
And some of your mother's feed. And two of the best nags from out of the stable.
Oh, Calamity. You could stable the queen of Sheba.
Look what's happened to our stable.
I plan to buy Mr Arnaud's stable for a new store.
So before your eyes, every day, every hour, we gobbled up Mr Arnaud's stable.
We scoffed all of Mr Arnaud's stable.
You want Mr Arnaud's stable, it's yours.
Darling, give up that stable full of noisy, charming little brats and all will be peace.
The hotel owner allowed us to sleep in the stable.
Well, her fuel system is not stable, so.
Nothing but favorites in my stable.
He's back working -- in the stable.
I wanted to start a stable, but my riding teacher got married.
I take him back to the stable.
Casiano, when my father hears that you have been racing his bestjumper, he'll nail your ears to the stable door.
Over in the stable.
The rest of the time he was just a stable boy.
We need to get it stable.
You say that the suitcase was closed in the stable all night.
So it could have been the stable boy.

News and current affairs

The truth, of course, is that aid is more stable than tax revenues in poor countries.
The debts will re-emerge like a tumor, growing year by year, while undermining the creditworthiness of stable eurozone countries.
This we should know by now: markets on their own are not stable.
I can think of one very good reason why the euro needs to fall, and six not-so-convincing reasons why it should remain stable or appreciate.
But don't count on a stable euro-dollar exchange rate - much less an even stronger euro - in the year ahead.
The result is the stable region that the world sees today.
He spent his time making sure the political coalition to support the Texas Rangers in the style to which it wanted to be accustomed remained stable.
Most obviously in need of amendment is the view that minimally managed and regulated markets are both more stable and more dynamic than those subject to extensive government intervention.
As long as central government takes responsibility for maintaining a high and stable level of employment, Keynes thought, most of the rest of economic life can be left free of official interference.
So, on balance, it seems that global inequality has been relatively stable during the last two decades.
The purpose of this realignment was to create more stable large parties, but further changes are likely.
Except for the Palestinians, they have never known their countries other than as independent and comparatively stable states.
For a while this created a seemingly more stable banking system, but that system failed to lend to small and medium sized firms.
Fiscal prudence and stable inflation rates are cornerstones of today's relatively healthy global economic environment.
Central banks then began to focus on low and stable inflation as their primary objective, and became more independent from their political masters.
In contrast, coal prices are more stable, and may remain that way for a long time.
If no deal to raise the debt ceiling is reached by August 3, interest rates on United States Treasury bonds could spike, or they could remain stable, as investors decide they have other problems to worry about.
But do current account constraints apply to major, financially stable countries?
So long as a borrowing country is stable and attractive, a major reversal due to the current account balance will not be forced by the market.
In the twenty-first century, a truly stable global order will depend on a legitimate and effective UN Security Council, one that reflects the plurality of the emerging multipolar world.
That will demand effort and commitment; given that a stable international order increasingly depends on a prosperous and growing Africa, it is a goal that the world cannot afford to miss.
Nevertheless, if Morocco looks stable today, this largely reflects two factors: monarchy and reform.
Europe has the best environmental record of all the big powers, is the largest provider of development assistance to poor countries, and is politically stable.
The ERZ, focused exclusively on producing goods for export, would provide tax incentives, basic infrastructure and services, security, and a stable legal framework to investors.

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