November 07, 2024 Word of the Day
also British stabilise /ˈsteɪbəˌlaɪz/
stabilizes; stabilized; stabilizing
The girl is stabilizing the ladder for her friend.
Definition of STABILIZE
1 : to become stable or to make (something) stable: such as
a : to stop quickly changing, increasing, getting worse, etc.
[no object]
The country's population has stabilized at 3.2 million.
Prices have stabilized.
[+ object]
The government's efforts to stabilize prices have not succeeded.
Even the administration's most vocal critics agree that the President has succeeded in stabilizing the economy.
b [+ object] : to make (something) less easily moved
We'll use ropes to stabilize the platform.
c [+ object] technical : to give (something) a chemical structure or to put (something) into a physical state that does not change easily
a process that stabilizes the vaccine
2 [+ object] : to make (something) steady
drugs that stabilize a patient's heartbeat
The pilots were able to stabilize the airplane and land safely.
— stabilization also British stabilisation /ˌsteɪbələˈzeɪʃən/ Brit /ˌsteɪbəˌlaɪˈzeɪʃən/ noun [noncount]
political/economic stabilization
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