stabilize

English

Alternative forms

• stabilise (UK)

Etymology

From stable +‎ -ize.

Pronunciation

• enPR: stāʹ-bəl-īz' IPA^(key): /ˈsteɪ.bəlˌaɪz/

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• (Indic) IPA^(key): /sʈɛb(ɪ)ˈlaɪz/, /ˈsʈeb(ɪ)laɪz/
• Hyphenation: sta‧bil‧ize
• Rhymes: -eɪbəlaɪz

Verb

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

1. (transitive) To make stable.

   Jody stabilized the table by putting a book under the short leg.

2. (intransitive) To become stable.

   The country will stabilize after the next election ends.

Related terms

• stabilizer
• stabilization

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) Indonesian: menstabilkan (id) Irish: cobhsaigh Latin: stabiliō Malay: menstabilkan 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

1. stabilized

Derived terms

• stabilize etmek
• stabilize olmak
• stabilize yol

Related terms

• stabil
• stabilizasyon
• stabilizatör