{
    "term": "stable",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "academic": true,
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "fixed or steady; not likely to move, change or fail",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The patient's **condition** is **stable** *(= it is not getting worse)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Cattle prices **remain stable**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The situation in the country has remained **relatively stable** for a few months now."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This ladder doesn't seem very stable."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This would result in a more stable environment for the children."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a stable relationship"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Efforts to establish a stable democracy in the country may well succeed."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Put a book under the table leg to keep it stable."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Don't worry—it's perfectly stable!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The unit is stable enough on level ground."
                },
                {
                    "text": "attempts to keep prices stable"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was not married, but he was in a stable relationship."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The industry should do everything it can to keep prices stable."
                },
                {
                    "text": "These children badly need a stable and secure home life."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a stable situation/​environment/​government/​population"
                },
                {
                    "text": "stable employment"
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "steady",
            "topics": ["Money"],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "look", "seem"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "calm and reasonable; not easily upset",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Mentally, she is not very stable."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was not emotionally stable enough to think through his decision."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Psychiatric officials determined that he was psychologically stable."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "look", "seem"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "staying in the same chemical or atomic state",
            "labels": "(specialist)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "chemically stable"
                },
                {
                    "text": "an element forming stable compounds"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈsteɪbl/",
                "audio": "st/stable/stable__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈsteɪbl/",
                "audio": "st/stable/stable__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "adjective Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French, from Latin stabilis, from the base of stare ‘to stand’."
}