stability

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun the quality or attribute of being firm and steadfast
  2. noun a stable order (especially of society)
  3. noun the quality of being enduring and free from change or variation

Etymology

From Middle English stabletee, stabilite, from Old French stabilité, from Latin root of stabilitas (“firmness, steadfastness”), from stabilis (“steadfast, firm”). Displaced native Old English staþolfæstnes.

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Synonyms

stableness

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