Stabilise

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of stabilize. UK, alt-of, nonstandard

    "Cristiana Paşca Palmer, the executive secretary of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity, said the destruction of the world’s biggest rainforest was a grim reminder that a fresh approach needed to stabilise the climate and prevent ecosystems from declining to a point of no return, with dire consequences for humanity."

  2. 2
    make stable and keep from fluctuating or put into an equilibrium wordnet
  3. 3
    become stable or more stable wordnet
  4. 4
    support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace wordnet

Synonyms

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bracebracestabilizestabilizesteady

Example

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"The country's economy needed to stabilise so tourism could return to normal."

Etymology

From stable + -ise.

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