Stabilize
/ˈsteɪ.bəˌlaɪz/ verb
verb ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To make stable. transitive
"Jody stabilized the table by putting a book under the short leg."
- 2 make stable and keep from fluctuating or put into an equilibrium wordnet
- 3 To become stable. intransitive
"The country will stabilize after the next election ends."
- 4 become stable or more stable wordnet
- 5 support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace wordnet
Example
More examples"The authorities managed to stabilize the currency."
Etymology
From stable + -ize.