(~r, ~st, ~s)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
If something is ~, it is not likely to change or come to an end suddenly.
The price of oil should remain ~ for the rest of 1992.
...a ~ marriage.
ADJ
stability
It was a time of political stability and progress.
N-UNCOUNT
2.
If someone has a ~ personality, they are calm and reasonable and their mood does not change suddenly.
Their characters are fully formed and they are both very ~ children.
? un~
ADJ
3.
You can describe someone who is seriously ill as ~ when their condition has stopped getting worse.
The injured man was in a ~ condition.
ADJ
4.
Chemical substances are described as ~ when they tend to remain in the same chemical or atomic state. (TECHNICAL)
The less ~ compounds were converted into a compound called Delta-A THC.
ADJ
5.
If an object is ~, it is firmly fixed in position and is not likely to move or fall.
This structure must be ~.
? un~
ADJ
6.
A ~ or ~s is a building in which horses are kept.
N-COUNT
7.
A ~ or ~s is an organization that breeds and trains horses for racing.
Miss Curling won on two horses from Mick Trickey’s ~.
N-COUNT
8.
When horses are ~d, they are put into a ~.
The animals had been fed and ~d...
VERB: usu passive, be V-ed