stable
/ˈsteɪ.bəl/ adjective B1- Relatively unchanging, steady, permanent; firmly fixed or established; consistent; not easily moved, altered, or destroyed. · He was in a stable relationship.· His income of £10000 per month was stable for a healthy living.
- Of software: established to be relatively free of bugs, as opposed to a beta version. · 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.
- That maintains the relative order of items that compare as equal.
- Eventually satisfying the identity IM_n=M_n+1.
Comparative stabler · Superlative stablest
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The Ass was left in a stable and had plenty of oats and hay to eat, just as any other Ass would.
The servants, hearing the strange hubbub and perceiving the danger of their master, quickly relieved him, and drove out the Ass to his stable with kicks and clubs and cuffs.
To pump and stable, tree and swing,
One stable-hand, Michael, who sleeps in the house.
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