Meaning of stable | Babel Free
ˈsteɪ.bəlDefinitions
- Relatively unchanging, steady, permanent; firmly fixed or established; consistent; not easily moved, altered, or destroyed.
- third-person singular present indicative
- Of software: established to be relatively free of bugs, as opposed to a beta version.
- second-person singular imperative
- That maintains the relative order of items that compare as equal.
- Eventually satisfying the identity IM_n=M_n+1.
Equivalents
Examples
“He was in a stable relationship.”
“His income of £10000 per month was stable for a healthy living.”
“a stable government”
“In this region of chance, […] where nothing ws stable.”
“And to whoever that cry hath ever come he must needs follow and follow, leaving all stable things; only to be always with Slid in all the moods of Slid, to find no rest until he reaches the sea.”
“You should download the 1.9 version of that video editing software: it is the latest stable version. The newer beta version has some bugs.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
See also
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