verb phrase · academic
remain steady
UK/rɪˈmeɪn ˈstedi/US/rɪˈmeɪn ˈstɛdi/re·MAIN STEAD·y
task1
to stay at the same level; to be stable
Examples
“Despite fluctuations elsewhere, unemployment remained steady at 5%.”
“Household incomes remained steady over the period shown.”
“The number of students remained steady throughout the semester.”
Band 8 sentence
“After an initial dip, the rate of return remained steady at around 3% for the rest of the period.”
Collocations
- remain steady at (a level)
- remain fairly steady
Word family
remain verbsteady adjsteadily adv
Common mistakes
stay steady→remain steady
remained stabile→remained stable / remained steady
Say it for a higher band
5stay the same→6remain stable→7+remain steady
Synonyms
stabilize
Easily confused
remain stable
“Although prices fluctuated in other sectors, fuel costs remained steady.”
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