stable
Noun pluralstables
Verbstables, stabling, stabled
Pluralstables
Formsstables, stabling, stabled
- 1Firmly fixed and not likely to change, move, or break easily.
Like a heavy table that stays put no matter how hard you push it.
The ladder felt stable enough for her to climb safely.
After years of moving, they finally have a stable home.
Similarsteady, secure, settled, firm, solid
Oppositeunstable, volatile, shaky, precarious
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- 4A group of people who are trained, guided, or managed together by one person or place.
Like a sports team where one coach trains all the players together.
The agency has a stable of young writers it helps develop.
Her coach built a strong stable of swimmers over the years.
- 5A set of related things, often ideas or skills, that you can use or offer.
Like a toolbox full of different tools, each ready when you need it.
The teacher had a whole stable of fun games to use in class.
Our company offers a stable of services for small businesses.
Similararray, range, arsenal, repertoire, suite
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- 6All the racehorses owned by one person or training operation.
Like all the cars that belong to one racing team.
The owner's stable won three big races this season.
Their stable includes some of the fastest horses in the country.
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- 7Used about a computer program that is well tested, mostly bug-free and ready to use.
Like a car that has passed all its safety checks and is ready to drive.
Wait for the stable version before updating your phone.
This app is finally stable after months of fixes.
Oppositeexperimental, unstable
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- 8A group of sumo wrestlers who live and train together under one coach.
Like a boarding school where students live and learn in one place.
The young wrestler joined a famous stable in Tokyo.
Every stable has its own training rules and daily routine.
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- 9A group of pro wrestlers who team up and back each other in a storyline.
Like a group of friends who always team up against everyone else.
The new wrestler joined a powerful stable to win more matches.
Fans cheered when the stable turned against its own leader.
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- 10In computing, describes a way of sorting that keeps equal items in their starting order.
Like sorting cards by color but leaving cards of the same color in their first order.
A stable sort keeps tied items in their first order.
Choose a stable method when the starting order matters.
Oppositeunstable
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- 11To park a train or other rail vehicle when it is not being used.
Like parking your car in the garage when you are done driving.
They stable the trains overnight at the depot.
Workers stable the empty cars on a side track.
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- 13A group of prostitutes controlled by a single pimp.
The pimp controlled a large stable across the city.
Police broke up the stable and arrested its boss.
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- 14A group of lawyers, especially advocates, who share the same chambers.
Like doctors who all work out of the same clinic.
She joined a respected stable after passing the bar.
Every advocate in the stable shares the same clerk.
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- 15In advanced math, describing a chain of parts where, after some point, multiplying each part by a fixed set gives the next.
The filtration is stable, so after a few steps, multiplying by I always gives exactly the next piece.
Our professor showed on the board that the I-adic filtration of any module is stable.
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Origins
It came through French from the Latin word "stabulum."
It came through French from the Latin word "stabilis," meaning firm or steadfast, built from "stare," to stand.