different between steady vs sta

English

Alternative forms

• steddy, stedy

Etymology

From Middle English stede, stedi, stidi?, from Old English stæþþi?, from stæþ (“stead, bank”); equivalent to stathe +? -y or stead +? -y. Cognate with West Frisian stadich (“slow”), Danish stedig, stadig, steeg, Swedish stadig, Icelandic stöðugur, Middle Dutch stedigh, German stätig, stetig.

Pronunciation

• enPR: st?d?i, IPA^(key): /?st?di/

Adjective

steady (comparative steadier, superlative steadiest)

1. Firm in standing or position; not tottering or shaking; fixed; firm.

   • Their feet steady, their hands diligent, their eyes watchful, and their hearts resolute.

   • Captain Edward Carlisle, soldier as he was, martinet as he was, felt a curious sensation of helplessness seize upon him as he met her steady gaze, her alluring smile?; he could not tell what this prisoner might do.

2. Constant in feeling, purpose, or pursuit; not fickle, changeable, or wavering; not easily moved or persuaded to alter a purpose; resolute.
   • 2003, Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices: Inserts Only (page 10)

     During programmed changes, no steady green signal indication or flashing yellow signal indication shall be terminated and immediately followed by a steady red or flashing red signal indication without first displaying the steady yellow signal […]

3. Smooth and not bumpy or with obstructions.

4. Regular and even.

5. Slow.

Synonyms

• (firm): robust, solid, untottering
• (constant in purpose or action): dogged, staunch, unyielding; see also Thesaurus:obstinate
• (smooth, not bumpy): fluid
• (regular and even): constant, uniform, unvarying; see also Thesaurus:steady
• (slow): glacial, ponderous, stately; see also Thesaurus:slow

Antonyms

• (regular and even): unsteady; see also Thesaurus:unsteady

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

steady (third-person singular simple present steadies, present participle steadying, simple past and past participle steadied)

1. (transitive, sometimes figuratively) To stabilize; to prevent from shaking.

   I took a drink to steady my nerves.

2. (intransitive) To become stable.
   • 2010, Scott Westerfeld, Leviathan

     The ship steadied in the air. Another spray of ballast came, heavier than the last.

Translations

Noun

steady (plural steadies)

1. A rest or support, as for the hand, a tool, or a piece of work.
2. (informal) A regular boyfriend or girlfriend.
   • 2002, Frederick E. Von Burg, Keep My White Sneakers, Kit Carson, iUniverse (?ISBN), page 13:

     “Dalton is my steady, now. If I break up with him, you're the first on the list.” “Thanks,” said Ted. “What a privilege to be second choice.”

3. (informal) A prostitute's regular customer.

Adverb

steady (not comparable)

1. (rowing, informal) To row with pressure at a low stroke-rating, often 18 strokes per minute.

Further reading

• steady in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• steady in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• steady at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• stayed

English

Noun

sta (plural stas)

1. Abbreviation of station.

Anagrams

• -ast, AST, ATS, ATs, S. A. T., S.A.T., SAT, Sat, Sat., T.A.s, TA's, TAS, TAs, TSA, Tas, Tas., as't, ast, at's, ats, sat, sat., tas

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -a?

Verb

sta

1. first-person singular present indicative of staan
2. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of staan
3. imperative of staan

Anagrams

• tas

Italian

Alternative forms

• stà (misspelling)

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -a

Verb

sta

1. third-person singular present indicative of stare
2. second-person singular imperative of stare

See also

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese estar.

Verb

sta

1. to be
2. is

Latin

Verb

st?

1. second-person singular present active imperative of st?

References

• sta in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Norn

Etymology

From Old Norse staðr, from Proto-Germanic *stadiz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *stéh?tis.

Noun

sta m

1. domicile, farm

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse staðr, related to stå

Adjective

sta (neuter singular sta, definite singular and plural sta or stae, comparative staere, indefinite superlative staest, definite superlative staeste)

1. stubborn

References

• “sta” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse staðr, related to stå

Adjective

sta (neuter singular sta, definite singular and plural sta or stae, comparative staare, indefinite superlative staast, definite superlative staaste)

1. stubborn

References

• “sta” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romagnol

Etymology

Feminine form of stè. From Latin ista, feminine of iste.

Pronoun

sta f

1. this

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin st?re, present active infinitive of st?, from Proto-Indo-European *steh?-.

Verb

a sta (third-person singular present st?, past participle stat) 1st conj.

1. to stay

2. to stand
3. to sit

   Synonym: ?edea

4. to remain

   Synonym: r?mâne

5. to live (somewhere), inhabit, reside

   Synonyms: tr?i, locui

Conjugation

Derived terms

• stare
• st?tut

Related terms

• stat

Sicilian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?ta]

Adjective

sta f (m. stu, plural sti)

1. Contraction of chista; this

See also

• chista

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stá/

Verb

st?

1. second/third-person dual present of bíti

Tok Pisin

Etymology

English star.

Noun

sta

1. star (celestial body)