Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense stabilizes, present participle stabilizing, past tense, past participle stabilizedregional note: in BRIT, also use stabilise
verb
If something stabilizes, or is stabilized, it becomes stable.
Although her illness is serious, her condition is beginning to stabilize. [VERB]
Officials hope the move will stabilize exchange rates. [VERB noun]
I believe he would have had a stabilising effect on the team. [VERB-ing]
Synonyms: make stable, support, balance, root More Synonyms of stabilize
stabilization (steɪbɪlaɪzeɪʃən)uncountable noun
...the stabilisation of property prices. [+ of]
stabilize in British English
or stabilise (ˈsteɪbɪˌlaɪz)
verb
1.
to make or become stable or more stable
2.
to keep or be kept stable
3.
to put or keep (an aircraft, vessel, etc) in equilibrium by one or more special devices, or (of an aircraft, vessel, etc) to become stable
Derived forms
stabilization (ˌstabiliˈzation) or stabilisation (ˌstabiliˈsation)
noun
stabilize in American English
(ˈsteɪbəˌlaɪz)
verb transitiveWord forms: ˈstabiˌlized or ˈstabiˌlizing
1.
to make stable, or firm
2.
to keep from changing or fluctuating, as in price
3.
to give stability to (an airplane, ship, etc.) with a stabilizer
verb intransitive
4.
to become stabilized
Derived forms
stabilization (ˌstabiliˈzation)
noun
Word origin
Fr stabiliser < L stabilis: see stable1 & -ize
Examples of 'stabilize' in a sentence
stabilize
It'll stabilize itself automatically soon - sooner perhaps than you think.
Jenkins, Geoffrey A DAYSTAR OF FEAR (1984)
It's an unpredictable neoplasm--we see them accelerate, then stabilize, then accelerate again.
Leeson, Robert GENIE ON THE LOOSE (1984)
In other languages
stabilize
British English: stabilize VERB
If something stabilizes, or is stabilized, it becomes stable.
Although her illness is serious, her condition is beginning to stabilize.
American English: stabilize
Brazilian Portuguese: estabilizar
Chinese: 变稳定
European Spanish: estabilizar
French: stabiliser
German: stabilisieren
Italian: stabilizzare
Japanese: 安定化させる/安定化する
Korean: 안정되다
European Portuguese: estabilizar
Latin American Spanish: estabilizar
Chinese translation of 'stabilize'
stabilize
(ˈsteɪbəlaɪz)
vt
[prices, rates]保持 ... 的稳(穩)定 (bǎochí ... de wěndìng)