stabilize
verbCA, US, UK /ˈsteɪ.bəˌlaɪz/ · AU /ˈstæɪ.bəˌlɑez/
Etymology From stable + -ize.
1
To make stable.
- Jody stabilized the table by putting a book under the short leg.
2
To become stable.
- The country will stabilize after the next election ends.
- Derived terms
- destabilize, gyrostabilize, hyperstabilize, mesostabilizing, nonstabilized, overstabilize, photostabilize, phytostabilize, prestabilize, restabilize, stabilizability, stabilizable, superstabilizing, thermostabilize, thermostabilized, thermostabilizing, unstabilized
- Related terms
- stabilizer, stabilization