Other spellings change

Word parts change

stable + -ise

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Verb change

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.

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