1. An informal usage primarily in the U.S.; the only person someone is having a romantic relationship with: When asked how long Shelby and her friend had known each other, she told Susan that he had been her steady for over a year.
2. A person or people who have been regular participants in some activity or situation: William and David have been steadies at this office for several years.

1. Not shaking or moving and held firmly in one place or position: Having a steady hand with a camera can result in better pictures.

As a result of his illness, Ron lost his normally steadier balance while he was walking and so he almost fell over.

2. Not changing as time passes; such as, not increasing or decreasing; or lasting or continuing for a long time in a dependable way: The doctor told Mildred that she had a steady heart rate.

David is so much happier now that he has a steadier job.

3. Happening or developing in a continuous and normally gradual way: Shirley is making steady progress after her operation.

Finally, there was a steady rain on Tuesday after such a long period without any significant rainfall.

4. Dependable or reliable: Frank's sister thanked him for being her steadiest supporter during her illness.

1. To keep something or someone from moving, shaking, or falling: Henry steadied himself by using the handrail as he walked up to the next floor to his apartment.
2. To cause something to stop changing, increasing, or decreasing: Prices for food have not been steadying lately.

The new medicine has been helping to steady Aurora's heart rate.

Karin took a drink of water and sat down to steady her nerves.

1. A theory of the evolution of the universe that states that the universe has always been in the state it is now, which leads to the implication that the universe has no origin, but has always existed.
2. A rival theory to that of the Big Bang which claims that the universe has no origin but is expanding because new matter is being created continuously throughout the universe.

The theory was proposed in 1948 by Austrian-born British cosmologist Hermann Bondi, Austrian-born U.S. astronomer and physicist Thomas Gold, and English astronomer Fred Hoyle, but this concept was challenged in 1965 by the discovery of cosmic background radiation and is now largely rejected by scientists.