stabilize
to make or hold stable, firm, or steadfast.
to maintain at a given or unfluctuating level or quantity: The government will try to stabilize the cost of living.
Aeronautics. to put or keep (an aircraft) in stable equilibrium, as by some special device.
to become stabilized.
Origin of stabilize
1- Also especially British, sta·bi·lise .
Other words from stabilize
- re·sta·bi·lize, verb (used with object), re·sta·bi·lized, re·sta·bi·liz·ing.
- self-sta·bi·lized, adjective
- self-sta·bi·liz·ing, adjective
- un·sta·bi·lized, adjective
- un·sta·bi·liz·ing, adjective
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How to use stabilize in a sentence
He wants an unlimited growth of the productive forces, and at the same time a rate of surplus value stabilised by an act of law.
The Accumulation of Capital | Rosa LuxemburgBut with blood cooled and nerves stabilised by youth spent on the edge of the grey sea, she could outface all foreign seasons.
The Judge | Rebecca WestAnd the embattled hosts swept onward toward Amiens, where at last the onrush was stabilised.
The Challenge of the Dead | Stephen Graham
British Dictionary definitions for stabilize
stabilise
/ (ˈsteɪbɪˌlaɪz) /
to make or become stable or more stable
to keep or be kept stable
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 of stabilize
- stabilization or stabilisation, noun
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