stabilise

Other spellings

• (US) stabilize

Word parts

stable + -ise

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (UK)

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• Hyphenation: sta‧bil‧ise

Verb

Plain form stabilise

Third-person singular stabilises

Past tense stabilised

Past participle stabilised

Present participle stabilising

1. (transitive) If you stabilise something, you make it stable.

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

2. (intransitive) If something stabilises, it becomes stable.

   The country will stabilise after the next election ends.

Related words

• stable
• stabilisation/stabilization