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Stable vs. Concerned

Stable and Concerned Definitions

Stable

Resistant to change of position or condition; not easily moved or disturbed
A house built on stable ground.
A stable platform.

Concerned

Interested and involved
Sent a memorandum to those concerned.

Stable

Not subject to sudden or extreme change or fluctuation
A stable economy.
A stable currency.

Concerned

Having or showing concern; worried or anxious
The concerned parents of youthful offenders.

Stable

Maintaining equilibrium; self-restoring
A stable aircraft.

Concerned

Showing concern.
There was a concerned expression on her face as I told her the news.
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Stable

Enduring or permanent
A stable peace.

Concerned

Involved or responsible.
The people concerned have been punished.

Stable

Consistent or dependable
She has been stable in her support for the project.

Concerned

Simple past tense and past participle of concern

Stable

Not showing or marked by erratic or volatile emotions or behavior
He remained stable even after he lost his job.

Concerned

Disturbed; troubled; solicitous; as, to be much concerned for the safety of a friend.
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Stable

(Physics) Having no known mode of decay; indefinitely long-lived. Used of atomic particles.

Concerned

Feeling or showing worry or solicitude;
Concerned parents of youthful offenders
Was concerned about the future
We feel concerned about accomplishing the task at hand
Greatly concerned not to disappoint a small child

Stable

(Chemistry) Not easily decomposed or otherwise modified chemically.

Concerned

Involved in or affected by or having a claim to or share in;
A memorandum to those concerned
An enterprise in which three men are concerned
Factors concerned in the rise and fall of epidemics
The interested parties met to discuss the business

Stable

A building for the shelter and feeding of certain domestic animals, especially horses.

Concerned

In relation (or in regard) to; especially as in the phrases;
As far as x is concerned
Where x is concerned
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Stable

A group of animals lodged in such a building.

Concerned

Culpably involved;
All those concerned in the bribery case have been identified
Named three officials implicated in the plot
An innocent person implicated by circumstances in a crime

Stable

All the racehorses belonging to a single owner or racing establishment.

Stable

The personnel employed to keep and train such a group of racehorses.

Stable

A group, as of athletes or entertainers, under common management
A stable of prizefighters.

Stable

To put or keep in a stable.

Stable

To live in a stable.

Stable

A building, wing or dependency set apart and adapted for lodging and feeding (and training) ungulates, especially horses.
There were stalls for fourteen horses in the squire's stables.

Stable

(metonymy) All the racehorses of a particular stable, i.e. belonging to a given owner.

Stable

(Scotland) A set of advocates; a barristers' chambers.

Stable

(sumo) An organization of sumo wrestlers who live and train together.

Stable

(professional wrestling) A group of wrestlers who support each other within a wrestling storyline.

Stable

A group of prostitutes managed by one pimp.

Stable

A group of people who are looked after, mentored, or trained in one place or for a particular purpose or profession.

Stable

(transitive) to put or keep (an animal) in a stable.

Stable

(intransitive) to dwell in a stable.

Stable

To park (a rail vehicle).

Stable

Relatively unchanging, steady, permanent; firmly fixed or established; consistent; not easily moved, altered, or destroyed.
He was in a stable relationship.
A stable government

Stable

(computing) 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.

Stable

That maintains the relative order of items that compare as equal.

Stable

Firmly established; not easily moved, shaken, or overthrown; fixed; as, a stable government.
In this region of chance, . . . where nothing is stable.

Stable

Steady in purpose; constant; firm in resolution; not easily diverted from a purpose; not fickle or wavering; as, a man of stable character.
And to her husband ever meek and stable.

Stable

Durable; not subject to overthrow or change; firm; as, a stable foundation; a stable position.

Stable

So placed as to resist forces tending to cause motion; of such structure as to resist distortion or molecular or chemical disturbance; - said of any body or substance.

Stable

To fix; to establish.

Stable

To put or keep in a stable.

Stable

To dwell or lodge in a stable; to dwell in an inclosed place; to kennel.

Stable

A house, shed, or building, for beasts to lodge and feed in; esp., a building or apartment with stalls, for horses; as, a horse stable; a cow stable.

Stable

A farm building for housing horses or other livestock

Stable

Shelter in a stable;
Stable horses

Stable

Resistant to change of position or condition;
A stable ladder
A stable peace
A stable relationship
Stable prices

Stable

Firm and dependable; subject to little fluctuation;
The economy is stable

Stable

Not taking part readily in chemical change

Stable

Maintaining equilibrium

Stable

Showing little if any change;
A static population

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