Today’s word of the day is ‘Stasis.‘ Let us understand more about this word.
Stasis [stey-sis]
What is this word’s grammar?
The word is a noun, i.e., it is the main subject of a sentence.
Does the word have a past tense? What is it?
1. Balance
2. State of equilibrium
3. Even-steven
4. Proportion
How is the word pronounced in popular languages?
1. Hindi- Thaharaav
2. Spanish – Estasis
3. French – Stase
4. Mandarin – Tíngzhì
How to use this word in a sentence?
1. The completeness of the stasis field leaves no impression on the body or mind.
2. Stasis of the bile must be prevented or stones will be apt to form.
3. They found a couple of civilizations in stasis and another that was about to go that way.
4. A tendency to stasis begins to appear, accompanied at the same time by a considerable reduction in the supply of arterial blood.
5. This picture might well exemplify the dislocation between old and new in the movement of the dress and the stasis of the dancer.
What are some synonyms of the word of the day?
Some synonyms of the word are:
antithesis, correspondence, counterbalance, counterpoise, equilibrium, equipoise, equity, equivalence, evenness, hang, harmony, parity, proportion, symmetry, tension, even-steven etc.
What are some antonyms of the word of the day?
Some antonyms of the word are:
difference, disagreement, disproportion, imbalance, inequality, unevenness etc.
Quotation:
A life of stasis would be population control, combined with energy rationing. That is the stasis world that you live in if you stay. And even with improvements in efficiency, you’ll still have to ration energy. That, to me, doesn’t sound like a very exciting civilization for our grandchildren’s grandchildren to live in.
Jeff Bezos
Social Example:
There will not be any Nep OJ updates for a while. In fact, all of my public accounts will be in stasis until further notice.
Reason: Video games. pic.twitter.com/l8OTyGwCul
— ̤ (@novus_rue) January 4, 2021
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