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
Both are worsened by human development of natural lands that would otherwise allow species to flourish and would store atmosphere-warming carbon, stabilizing the climate.
Protecting half the planet could help solve climate change and save species | Jonathan Lambert | September 4, 2020 | Science NewsVery quickly, probably around the beginning of April, we started to see our business stabilize.
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As people learn to live with the uncertainty of what has become quite a lengthy issue, these industries are stabilizing and those companies involved need to really build on their strengths to stand out.
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This gave the Germans time to stabilize and dig in on the “hedgerow front” before St. Lô.
Blood in the Sand: When James Jones Wrote a Grunt’s View of D-Day | James Jones | November 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd if he can stabilize this sliver of the country, it could prevent another devastating war.
A Belgian Prince, Gorillas, Guerrillas & the Future of the Congo | Nina Strochlic | November 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt's going to require us to stabilize Syria in some fashion.
Why Obama Backed Off More ISIS Strikes: His Own Team Couldn’t Agree on a Syria Strategy | Josh Rogin, Eli Lake | August 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe says again and again that he hopes Russia will cooperate to stabilize the situation in Ukraine.
In the delicate efforts to stabilize Ukraine that lie ahead, shale gas will not be very important over the short term.
This doubtless tended to eliminate cut-throat competition and thus stabilize the industry.
A History of Trade Unionism in the United States | Selig PerlmanSecretary Redfield undertook to stabilize prices by arbitrarily fixing them.
After the nitration, the acid is removed and the nitrocotton boiled up in water to stabilize it.
The New Gresham Encyclopedia | VariousYet it is plain that the effect of these dinners was to stabilize prices for steel.
United States Steel | Arundel CotterCould he have simply claimed to have done so in an effort to stabilize his own power?
Warlord of Kor | Terry Gene Carr
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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