stabilize

English

Alternative forms

• stabilise (British)

Etymology

stable +‎ -ize

Pronunciation

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

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• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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