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stabilize
[ stey-buh-lahyz ]
verb (used with object)
- to make or hold stable, firm, or steadfast.
- to maintain at a given or unfluctuating level or quantity:
The government will try to stabilize the cost of living.
- Aeronautics. to put or keep (an aircraft) in stable equilibrium, as by some special device.
verb (used without object)
- to become stabilized.
stabilize
/ ˈٱɪɪˌɪ /
verb
- to make or become stable or more stable
- to keep or be kept stable
- to put or keep (an aircraft, vessel, etc) in equilibrium by one or more special devices, or (of an aircraft, vessel, etc) to become stable
Derived Forms
- ˌٲˈپDz, noun
Other 51Թ Forms
- ·ٲb· verb (used with object) restabilized restabilizing
- -ٲb· adjective
- -ٲb·iԲ adjective
- ܲ·ٲb· adjective
- ܲ·ٲb·iԲ adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of stabilize1
Example Sentences
The bush helps prevent erosion of hillsides stripped of stabilizing vegetation and provides food and cover for wildlife — including pollinators.
He also wants the insurer’s parent company to provide it with $500 million to stabilize its capital position.
Retaining walls that are needed to stabilize the property or the neighborhood also won’t be removed, posing a financial problem for some homeowners whose insurance does not cover them.
The authors identified roadblocks to recovery and proposed such solutions as speeding construction approval processes; addressing labor and supply chain issues; and stabilizing California’s property insurance market.
But global toy sales stabilized last year in part because a growing number of adults are buying toys for themselves, according to market research firm Circana.
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