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A long sea implies an uniform and steady motion of long and extensive waves; on the contrary, a short sea is when they run irregularly, broken, and interrupted; so as frequently to burst over a vessel's side or quarter.
William Falconer

Meaning of "steady" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD STEADY

From stead + -y1; related to Old High German stātīg, Middle Dutch stēdig.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF STEADY

steady  [ˈstɛdɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF STEADY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Steady is a verb and can also act as a noun, an adjective, an adverb and an exclamation.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb steady in English.



The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

Exclamation is an expression or voice that reflects an emotion or exaltation.

WHAT DOES STEADY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Steady

Steady may refer to: ▪ Steady state, a concept used in math and sciences where variables are time-constant ▪ Steady flow, a condition of flow that does not change with time ▪ Steady, a 2006 album by Jim Bianco...

Definition of steady in the English dictionary

The first definition of steady in the dictionary is not able to be moved or disturbed easily; stable. Other definition of steady is free from fluctuation. Steady is also not easily excited; imperturbable.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO STEADY

PRESENT

Present
I steady
you steady
he/she/it steadies
we steady
you steady
they steady
Present continuous
I am steadying
you are steadying
he/she/it is steadying
we are steadying
you are steadying
they are steadying
Present perfect
I have steadied
you have steadied
he/she/it has steadied
we have steadied
you have steadied
they have steadied
Present perfect continuous
I have been steadying
you have been steadying
he/she/it has been steadying
we have been steadying
you have been steadying
they have been steadying
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I steadied
you steadied
he/she/it steadied
we steadied
you steadied
they steadied
Past continuous
I was steadying
you were steadying
he/she/it was steadying
we were steadying
you were steadying
they were steadying
Past perfect
I had steadied
you had steadied
he/she/it had steadied
we had steadied
you had steadied
they had steadied
Past perfect continuous
I had been steadying
you had been steadying
he/she/it had been steadying
we had been steadying
you had been steadying
they had been steadying
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will steady
you will steady
he/she/it will steady
we will steady
you will steady
they will steady
Future continuous
I will be steadying
you will be steadying
he/she/it will be steadying
we will be steadying
you will be steadying
they will be steadying
Future perfect
I will have steadied
you will have steadied
he/she/it will have steadied
we will have steadied
you will have steadied
they will have steadied
Future perfect continuous
I will have been steadying
you will have been steadying
he/she/it will have been steadying
we will have been steadying
you will have been steadying
they will have been steadying
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would steady
you would steady
he/she/it would steady
we would steady
you would steady
they would steady
Conditional continuous
I would be steadying
you would be steadying
he/she/it would be steadying
we would be steadying
you would be steadying
they would be steadying
Conditional perfect
I would have steady
you would have steady
he/she/it would have steady
we would have steady
you would have steady
they would have steady
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been steadying
you would have been steadying
he/she/it would have been steadying
we would have been steadying
you would have been steadying
they would have been steadying
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you steady
we let´s steady
you steady
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to steady
Past participle
steadied
Present Participle
steadying
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH STEADY


already
ɔːlˈrɛdɪ
bready
ˈbrɛdɪ
combat-ready
ˌkɒmbætˈrɛdɪ
eddy
ˈɛdɪ
gingerbready
ˈdʒɪndʒəˌbrɛdɪ
heady
ˈhɛdɪ
leady
ˈlɛdɪ
NEDC
ˈnɛdɪ
neddy
ˈnɛdɪ
Pedi
ˈpɛdɪ
predy
ˈprɛdɪ
ready
ˈrɛdɪ
reddy
ˈrɛdɪ
rock-steady
ˌrɒkˈstɛdɪ
shreddy
ˈʃrɛdɪ
teddy
ˈtɛdɪ
thready
ˈθrɛdɪ
unready
ʌnˈrɛdɪ
unsteady
ʌnˈstɛdɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE STEADY

stead
steadfast
steadfastly
steadfastness
Steadicam
steadied
steadier
steadies
steadiest
steadily
steadiness
steading
steady state
steady-state theory
steak
steak and kidney pie
steak and kidney pudding
steak house
steak knife
steak knives

WORDS THAT END LIKE STEADY

at the ready
beady
go steady
Macready
make ready
make-ready
nonsteady
oven-ready
rock steady
rough-and-ready
shovel-ready
the ready
touch-ready

Synonyms and antonyms of steady in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «STEADY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «steady» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of steady

Translation of «steady» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF STEADY

Find out the translation of steady to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of steady from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «steady» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

稳定的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

firme
570 millions of speakers

English

steady
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

स्थिर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مُنْتَظِم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

устойчивый
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

constante
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অবিচলিত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

ferme
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mantap
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

ruhig
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

しっかりした
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

안정된
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mantep
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chắc chắn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நிலையான
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्थिर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

istikrarlı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

costante
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

stały
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

незмінний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

constant
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σταθερός
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

bestendige
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

stadig
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

stabil
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of steady

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «STEADY»

The term «steady» is very widely used and occupies the 8.539 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «STEADY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «steady» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «steady» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about steady

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10 QUOTES WITH «STEADY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word steady.
1
Marv Albert
My strong game was ping pong. Relentless... steady.
2
Monica Ali
You know how if you're born in a certain situation you always expect your life to run on a steady trajectory? I've never really had a sense of that. I assume that life is going to go up and down.
3
Alan Bean
History has spurts and then is steady, and then maybe even backing up a step, and then forward again.
4
Vince Cable
Banks operate like a man who either wears his trousers round his chest, stifling breathing, as now, or round his ankles, exposing his assets. We want their trousers tied round their middle: steady lending growth; particularly to productive British business, especially small scale enterprise.
5
Julie Chen
Slow and steady wins the race. I feel like I know in my bones if we're doing a good job and continue to do a good job, the ratings will come.
6
Jackie Cooper
A lot of people like to run in plays because it's a nice, steady job.
7
Paula Deen
You don't want to make a steady diet of just lettuce. You don't want to make a steady diet of fried chicken.
8
Rocco DiSpirito
Be curious, learn and read as much as you can about food. Don't worry about making money. Focus on learning at various venues before you settle down for a steady position.
9
William Falconer
A long sea implies an uniform and steady motion of long and extensive waves; on the contrary, a short sea is when they run irregularly, broken, and interrupted; so as frequently to burst over a vessel's side or quarter.
10
Harry Emerson Fosdick
The steady discipline of intimate friendship with Jesus results in men becoming like Him.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «STEADY»

Discover the use of steady in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to steady and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Slow and Steady Get Me Ready
"260 weekly developmental activities from birth to age 5"--Cover.
June Oberlander, 2002
2
Enzyme Kinetics: Behavior and Analysis of Rapid Equilibrium ...
Covers enzyme kinetics from its most elementary aspects to such modern subjects as steady-state, multi-reactant kinetics and isotope exchange.
Irwin H. Segel, 1993
3
Steady Aircraft Flight and Performance
Steady Aircraft Flight and Performance features in-depth case studies of an executive jet and a general aviation propeller-driven aircraft, and uses MATLAB to compute and illustrate numerous flight performance measures and flight envelopes ...
N. Harris McClamroch, 2011
4
The Top 100 Recipes from Ready, Steady, Cook!
Introduced by chef and presenter, Ainsley Harriott, this book contains 100 of the shows best recipes, tried and tested by its regular contenders - Ross Burden, James Martin, Nick Nairn, Paul Rankin, Tony Tobin, Brian Turner, Phil Vickery, ...
Ainsley Harriott, 2012
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Yet With a Steady Beat: Contemporary U.S. Afrocentric ...
These essays address issues of cultural criticism, utilization of Black religious sources, struggles of Afro-diasporan peoples, and ideological criticism in interpreting the biblical text, using new critical tools and challenging the ...
Randall C. Bailey, 2003
6
Steady
An unlikely romance blossoms between a town's reigning garden queen and the new eco-friendly guy on the block, as he teaches her that through compassion, determination, and devotion, their love can steady any storm. Original.
Ruthie Robinson, 2011
7
Ready, Steady, Lunchbox: Cooking for Kids and with Kids
"If you're cooking for children, or if you're a budding junior chef wanting to have some fun in the kitchen, Ready, Steady, Lunchbox is the book for you.
Lucy Broadhurst, 2009
8
A Steady Digression to a Fixed Point
Rose Hobart enjoyed an extensive theatrical career in the 1920s, became a Hollywood leading lady in 1930, and had a second film career as a character player in the late 1930s and 1940s.
Rose Hobart, 1994
9
A Steady Storm of Correspondence: Selected Letters of Gwen ...
The letters in this edition - written between 1943 and her death in 1995 - present a strong claim that Gwen Harwood be considered this country's greatest letter-writer.
Gwen Harwood, G. C. Kratzmann, 2001
10
A Steady Hand
`Mike Doyle's collection A Steady Hand takes shape in dialogue with the texts of other poets and artists (for example, Anna Akhmatova, Max Ernst, Cesar Vellejo, W.S. Merwin), with diaries, journals, biographies, and pieces by and about ...
Mike Doyle, 1982

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «STEADY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term steady is used in the context of the following news items.
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Michigan unadjusted unemployment rate holds steady in June
Michigan unadjusted unemployment rate holds steady in June ... LANSING — Michigan's seasonally unadjusted unemployment rate has held steady in the ... «Crain's Detroit Business, Jul 15»
2
Alabama jobless rate holds steady in June
Alabama's unemployment rate held steady at 6.1 percent in June, according to preliminary figures released Friday by the state. The jobless rate had ticked up for ... «Montgomery Advertiser, Jul 15»
3
After a May uptick, Michigan unemployment holds steady in June
LANSING, MI -- The state's unemployment rate held at a steady 5.5 percent throughout May and June, according to numbers from the Michigan Department of ... «MLive.com, Jul 15»
4
Missouri unemployment holds steady while 1500 jobs added
(AP) – A new report shows Missouri's jobless rate held steady in June while the state gained 1,500 jobs. Figures from the Department of Economic Development ... «fox2now.com, Jul 15»
5
Gold ends steady; silver recovers on industrial demand
NEW DELHI: After three-day losing run, gold prices held steady at Rs 26,500 per ten grams at the bullion market on Friday on scattered buying activity by ... «Times of India, Jul 15»
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The Hold Steady's Craig Finn announces new solo album, shares …
This summer, The Hold Steady frontman Craig Finn will return with his second solo album. Faith in the Future, the follow-up to 2012's Clear Heart Full Eyes, ... «Consequence of Sound, Jun 15»
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'Steady trail of macaroni salad' leads to burglary arrests
MOUNT MORRIS, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities say a trail of macaroni salad leading away from a western New York restaurant helped police track down three ... «wivb.com, May 15»
8
Georgia jobless rate steady at 6.3 percent
"While the rate held steady in March, we have seen considerable improvement since it began a steady decline from November 2010, when it was 10.5 percent," ... «Chattanooga Times Free Press, Apr 15»
9
Birthday Boy Mohammad Amir Targets Steady Progress in Pakistan …
Regarded as one of world cricket's brightest young prospects when he was banned for pre-arranging deliberate no balls during a Test against England, ... «NDTVSports.com, Apr 15»
10
Washington state unemployment holds steady at 6.3 percent
Washington's unemployment rate held steady at 6.3 percent in February, the state Employment Security Department reported on Wednesday. Employment ... «KIRO Seattle, Mar 15»

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