stabilize

English

Alternative forms

stabilise (UK)

Etymology

From stable +‎ -ize.

Pronunciation

enPR: stāʹ-bəl-īz' IPA^(key): /ˈsteɪ.bəlˌaɪz/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Hyphenation: sta‧bil‧ize
Rhymes: -eɪbəlaɪz

Verb

stabilize (third-person singular simple present stabilizes, present participle stabilizing, simple past and past participle stabilized)

(transitive) To make stable.
Jody stabilized the table by putting a book under the short leg.
(intransitive) To become stable.
The country will stabilize after the next election ends.

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Translations

to make stable

Belarusian: стабілізава́ць impf or pf (stabilizavácʹ)
Bulgarian: стабилизи́рам (bg) (stabilizíram)
Catalan: estabilitzar (ca)
Czech: stabilizovat
Esperanto: stabiligi
Finnish: vakauttaa (fi)
French: stabiliser (fr)
Galician: estabilizar
German: stabilisieren (de)
Greek: σταθεροποιώ (el) (statheropoió)
Hungarian: stabilizál (hu)
Irish: cobhsaigh
Latin: stabiliō
Maori: whakamatua, tauta, whakawhena, whakapūmau
Polish: stabilizować (pl)
Portuguese: estabilizar (pt)
Romanian: stabiliza (ro)
Russian: стабилизи́ровать (ru) impf or pf (stabilizírovatʹ)
Spanish: estabilizar (es)
Swahili: imarisha (sw)
Turkish: stabilize etmek (tr)
Ukrainian: стабілізува́ти impf or pf (stabilizuváty)

to become stable

Bulgarian: стабилизи́рам се (stabilizíram se)
Catalan: estabilitzar-se (ca)
French: se stabiliser (fr)
Galician: estabilizarse
German: sich stabilisieren (de)
Hungarian: stabilizálódik (hu)
Irish: cobhsaigh
Maori: whakawhena
Portuguese: estabilizar-se (pt)
Romanian: stabiliza (ro)
Russian: стабилизи́роваться (ru) impf or pf (stabilizírovatʹsja)
Spanish: estabilizarse (es)
Swahili: imarisha (sw)
Turkish: stabilize olmak, stabilleşmek
Ukrainian: стабілізува́тися impf or pf (stabilizuvátysja)

Anagrams

albitizes

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from French stabilisé.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sta.bi.liˈze/
Hyphenation: sta‧bi‧li‧ze

Adjective

stabilize

stabilized

Derived terms

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