"staid" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /steɪd/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation], /sted/ [Scotland] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-steid.wav [Southern-England] Forms: staider [comparative], staidest [superlative]
Rhymes: -eɪd Etymology: From an obsolete spelling of stayed, the past participle of stay, used as an adjective. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*steh₂-}}, {{m|en|stayed}} stayed, {{glossary|past}} past, {{glossary|participle}} participle, {{m|en|stay}} stay, {{glossary|adjective}} adjective Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} staid (comparative staider, superlative staidest)
  1. Not capricious or impulsive; sedate, serious, sober. Synonyms: composed, dignified, regular, steady, serious, temperate Translations (not capricious or impulsive — see also sedate, serious): спокоен (spokoen) (Bulgarian), уравновесен (uravnovesen) (Bulgarian), 淡定 (daam⁶ ding⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), 穩重 (Chinese Mandarin), 稳重 (wěnzhòng) (Chinese Mandarin), usedlý (Czech), staromódní (Czech), seriózní (Czech), serioza (Esperanto), tosikkomainen (Finnish), vakaa (Finnish), vakava (Finnish), yksitotinen (Finnish), guindé [masculine] (French), guindée [feminine] (French), დადებითი (dadebiti) (Georgian), დინჯი (dinǯi) (Georgian), canuto [masculine] (Italian), canuta [feminine, poetic] (Italian), posato [masculine] (Italian), posata [feminine] (Italian), serioso [masculine] (Italian), seriosa [feminine] (Italian), маңғаз (mañğaz) (Kazakh), serios [masculine] (Romanian), respectabil [masculine] (Romanian), potolit [masculine] (Romanian), степенный (stepennyj) (Russian), cùiseach (Scottish Gaelic), tranquilo (Spanish), pausado (Spanish), serio (Spanish), stadig (Swedish), lugn (Swedish), stadgad (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-staid-en-adj-LkCW12bB Disambiguation of 'not capricious or impulsive — see also sedate, serious': 89 11
  2. (rare) Always fixed in the same location; stationary. Tags: rare Translations (always fixed in the same location): usedlý (Czech), paikallaan pysyvä (Finnish), pysyvä (Finnish), vakaa (Finnish), staționar [masculine] (Romanian), неподви́жный (nepodvížnyj) (Russian), стационарный (stacionarnyj) (Russian), estable (Spanish), fijo (Spanish), estático (Spanish), sedentario (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-staid-en-adj-bMTZh~ye Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 46 31 Disambiguation of 'always fixed in the same location': 3 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: staidly, staidness, unstaid

Verb

IPA: /steɪd/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation], /sted/ [Scotland] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-steid.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -eɪd Etymology: From an obsolete spelling of stayed, the past participle of stay, used as an adjective. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*steh₂-}}, {{m|en|stayed}} stayed, {{glossary|past}} past, {{glossary|participle}} participle, {{m|en|stay}} stay, {{glossary|adjective}} adjective Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} staid
  1. Obsolete spelling of stayed Tags: alt-of, obsolete Alternative form of: stayed
    Sense id: en-staid-en-verb-LjtZ9zdh

Inflected forms

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          "word": "fanciful"
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          "ref": "1866, M[ary] E[lizabeth] Dodge [i.e., Mary Mapes Dodge], “A Catastrophe”, in Hans Brinker; or, The Silver Skates. A Story of Life in Holland, New York, N.Y.: James O’Kane, […], →OCLC, page 97",
          "text": "As for Peter, he was the happiest of the happy, and had sung and whistled so joyously while skating that the staidest passers-by had smiled as they listened.",
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          "ref": "1996, Gina Ferris Wilkins, chapter 1, in Cody’s Fiancée (Silhouette Special Edition; 1006), New York, N.Y.: Silhouette; republished Don Mills, Ont.: Harlequin, 2013",
          "text": "I was just thinking that it's sure been a long time since you've pulled one of your great practical jokes. You've gotten downright boring lately, Cody. Staid, even.",
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          "ref": "2005 February 28, “[Cate] Blanchett wins supporting actress Oscar”, in China Daily, New York, N.Y.: China Daily Distribution Corp., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2008-10-20",
          "text": "Producers of the show hoped the presence of mouthy first-time host Chris Rock might boost ratings, particularly among younger viewers who may view the Oscars as too staid an affair.",
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          "ref": "2008 September 26, Omar Waraich, “How Sarah Palin Rallied Pakistan’s Feminists”, in Time, New York, N.Y.: Time Warner Publishing, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2017-05-17",
          "text": "Meetings between Pakistani and American leaders are traditionally staid and predictable, although some Pakistanis are fond of recalling an apocryphal 1963 exchange between John F. Kennedy and Zulfikar Ali Bhutto – father of slain Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, to whom [Asif Ali] Zardari was married. Impressed by the then Foreign Minister, who would become Prime Minister before being deposed by a U.S.-backed military dictator in 1977 and later executed, Kennedy is alleged to have said, \"If you were an American, you would be in my Cabinet.\" Bhutto is alleged to have answered, \"Be careful, Mr. President. If I were an American, you would be in my Cabinet.\"",
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          "text": "2021 February 9, “he Tom Hanks's made five movies with Spielberg and several with both Ron Howard and Robert Zemeckis, all admirable but often staid filmmakers with a professed love of the Capra-esque.”, in BBC:",
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          "sense": "not capricious or impulsive — see also sedate, serious",
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          "word": "guindé"
        },
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          "sense": "not capricious or impulsive — see also sedate, serious",
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "dadebiti",
          "sense": "not capricious or impulsive — see also sedate, serious",
          "word": "დადებითი"
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          "roman": "dinǯi",
          "sense": "not capricious or impulsive — see also sedate, serious",
          "word": "დინჯი"
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          "sense": "not capricious or impulsive — see also sedate, serious",
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          "sense": "not capricious or impulsive — see also sedate, serious",
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          "sense": "not capricious or impulsive — see also sedate, serious",
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          "code": "kk",
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          "roman": "mañğaz",
          "sense": "not capricious or impulsive — see also sedate, serious",
          "word": "маңғаз"
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          "sense": "not capricious or impulsive — see also sedate, serious",
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          "word": "respectabil"
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          "sense": "not capricious or impulsive — see also sedate, serious",
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          "word": "potolit"
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          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "stepennyj",
          "sense": "not capricious or impulsive — see also sedate, serious",
          "word": "степенный"
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          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "not capricious or impulsive — see also sedate, serious",
          "word": "cùiseach"
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "not capricious or impulsive — see also sedate, serious",
          "word": "tranquilo"
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          "_dis1": "89 11",
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          "sense": "not capricious or impulsive — see also sedate, serious",
          "word": "pausado"
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          "sense": "not capricious or impulsive — see also sedate, serious",
          "word": "serio"
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          "sense": "not capricious or impulsive — see also sedate, serious",
          "word": "stadig"
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "not capricious or impulsive — see also sedate, serious",
          "word": "lugn"
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          "sense": "not capricious or impulsive — see also sedate, serious",
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          "ref": "1867, John MacGregor, chapter II, in The Voyage Alone in the Yawl “Rob Roy,” from London to Paris, and back by Havre, the Isle of Wight, South Coast, &c., London: Sampson Low, Son, and Marston, […], →OCLC, page 37",
          "text": "[I]n a common sailor's life sleep is not a regular thing as we have it on shore, and perhaps that staid glazy and sedate-looking eye, which a hard-worked seaman usually has, is really caused by broken slumber. He is never completely awake, but he is never entirely asleep.",
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        "(rare) Always fixed in the same location; stationary."
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          "sense": "always fixed in the same location",
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          "word": "paikallaan pysyvä"
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          "sense": "always fixed in the same location",
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          "word": "staționar"
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          "sense": "always fixed in the same location",
          "word": "неподви́жный"
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          "roman": "stacionarnyj",
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          "word": "стационарный"
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          "sense": "always fixed in the same location",
          "word": "estable"
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          "text": "The hours of study, the hours of recreation, the sports, the pastimes, the casualties, which in the staider years of life pass without note or comment, alike are wrapped and muffled in the one roseate haze.",
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          "ref": "1996, Gina Ferris Wilkins, chapter 1, in Cody’s Fiancée (Silhouette Special Edition; 1006), New York, N.Y.: Silhouette; republished Don Mills, Ont.: Harlequin, 2013",
          "text": "I was just thinking that it's sure been a long time since you've pulled one of your great practical jokes. You've gotten downright boring lately, Cody. Staid, even.",
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          "ref": "2005 February 28, “[Cate] Blanchett wins supporting actress Oscar”, in China Daily, New York, N.Y.: China Daily Distribution Corp., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2008-10-20",
          "text": "Producers of the show hoped the presence of mouthy first-time host Chris Rock might boost ratings, particularly among younger viewers who may view the Oscars as too staid an affair.",
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        },
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          "ref": "2008 September 26, Omar Waraich, “How Sarah Palin Rallied Pakistan’s Feminists”, in Time, New York, N.Y.: Time Warner Publishing, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2017-05-17",
          "text": "Meetings between Pakistani and American leaders are traditionally staid and predictable, although some Pakistanis are fond of recalling an apocryphal 1963 exchange between John F. Kennedy and Zulfikar Ali Bhutto – father of slain Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, to whom [Asif Ali] Zardari was married. Impressed by the then Foreign Minister, who would become Prime Minister before being deposed by a U.S.-backed military dictator in 1977 and later executed, Kennedy is alleged to have said, \"If you were an American, you would be in my Cabinet.\" Bhutto is alleged to have answered, \"Be careful, Mr. President. If I were an American, you would be in my Cabinet.\"",
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          "word": "regular"
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          "word": "steady"
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          "word": "serious"
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          "word": "temperate"
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          "ref": "1867, John MacGregor, chapter II, in The Voyage Alone in the Yawl “Rob Roy,” from London to Paris, and back by Havre, the Isle of Wight, South Coast, &c., London: Sampson Low, Son, and Marston, […], →OCLC, page 37",
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        "(rare) Always fixed in the same location; stationary."
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      "sense": "not capricious or impulsive — see also sedate, serious",
      "word": "спокоен"
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      "lang": "Bulgarian",
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      "sense": "not capricious or impulsive — see also sedate, serious",
      "word": "уравновесен"
    },
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      "roman": "daam⁶ ding⁶",
      "sense": "not capricious or impulsive — see also sedate, serious",
      "word": "淡定"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "not capricious or impulsive — see also sedate, serious",
      "word": "穩重"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wěnzhòng",
      "sense": "not capricious or impulsive — see also sedate, serious",
      "word": "稳重"
    },
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "not capricious or impulsive — see also sedate, serious",
      "word": "usedlý"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "not capricious or impulsive — see also sedate, serious",
      "word": "staromódní"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "not capricious or impulsive — see also sedate, serious",
      "word": "seriózní"
    },
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "not capricious or impulsive — see also sedate, serious",
      "word": "serioza"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "not capricious or impulsive — see also sedate, serious",
      "word": "tosikkomainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "not capricious or impulsive — see also sedate, serious",
      "word": "vakaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "not capricious or impulsive — see also sedate, serious",
      "word": "vakava"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "not capricious or impulsive — see also sedate, serious",
      "word": "yksitotinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "not capricious or impulsive — see also sedate, serious",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "guindé"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "not capricious or impulsive — see also sedate, serious",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "guindée"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "dadebiti",
      "sense": "not capricious or impulsive — see also sedate, serious",
      "word": "დადებითი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "dinǯi",
      "sense": "not capricious or impulsive — see also sedate, serious",
      "word": "დინჯი"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "not capricious or impulsive — see also sedate, serious",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "canuto"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "not capricious or impulsive — see also sedate, serious",
      "tags": [
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        "poetic"
      ],
      "word": "canuta"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "not capricious or impulsive — see also sedate, serious",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "posato"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "not capricious or impulsive — see also sedate, serious",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "posata"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "not capricious or impulsive — see also sedate, serious",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "serioso"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "not capricious or impulsive — see also sedate, serious",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "seriosa"
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      "code": "kk",
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      "roman": "mañğaz",
      "sense": "not capricious or impulsive — see also sedate, serious",
      "word": "маңғаз"
    },
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "not capricious or impulsive — see also sedate, serious",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "serios"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "not capricious or impulsive — see also sedate, serious",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "respectabil"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "not capricious or impulsive — see also sedate, serious",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "potolit"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "stepennyj",
      "sense": "not capricious or impulsive — see also sedate, serious",
      "word": "степенный"
    },
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      "code": "gd",
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      "sense": "not capricious or impulsive — see also sedate, serious",
      "word": "cùiseach"
    },
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "not capricious or impulsive — see also sedate, serious",
      "word": "tranquilo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "not capricious or impulsive — see also sedate, serious",
      "word": "pausado"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "not capricious or impulsive — see also sedate, serious",
      "word": "serio"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "not capricious or impulsive — see also sedate, serious",
      "word": "stadig"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "not capricious or impulsive — see also sedate, serious",
      "word": "lugn"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "not capricious or impulsive — see also sedate, serious",
      "word": "stadgad"
    },
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "always fixed in the same location",
      "word": "usedlý"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "always fixed in the same location",
      "word": "paikallaan pysyvä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "always fixed in the same location",
      "word": "pysyvä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "always fixed in the same location",
      "word": "vakaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "always fixed in the same location",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "staționar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "nepodvížnyj",
      "sense": "always fixed in the same location",
      "word": "неподви́жный"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "stacionarnyj",
      "sense": "always fixed in the same location",
      "word": "стационарный"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "always fixed in the same location",
      "word": "estable"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "always fixed in the same location",
      "word": "fijo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "always fixed in the same location",
      "word": "estático"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "always fixed in the same location",
      "word": "sedentario"
    }
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}

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