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stabiliser |
stabilising |
stabilitate |
stability |
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stabilize
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb stabilize has 3 senses
- stabilize(v = verb.change) stabilise - make stable and keep from fluctuating or put into an equilibrium; "The drug stabilized her blood pressure"; "stabilize prices" is one way to alter, change, modify
- stabilize(v = verb.contact) brace, stabilise, steady - support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace; "brace your elbows while working on the potter's wheel" is one way to beef up, fortify, strengthen
- stabilize(v = verb.change) stabilise - become stable or more stable; "The economy stabilized" is one way to change
Antonym: destabilize
Derived forms noun stabilization1, noun stabilizer3, noun stabilizer2, noun stabilizer1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derived form noun stabilization2
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Antonyms: destabilise, destabilize
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
OXFORD DICTIONARY
stabilize, v.tr. & intr. (also -ise) make or become stable.
Derivative
stabilization n.
THESAURUS
stabilize
appease, assimilate to, balance, ballast, calm, calm down, compose, cool, counterbalance, counterpoise, cradle, damp, dulcify, ease, equalize, equilibrize, equipoise, even, even out, firm, firm up, fix, flatten, freeze, gentle, harmonize, hold, homogenize, hush, immobilize, keep, level, lull, make uniform, mollify, nail down, normalize, pacify, pin down, poise, pour balm into, prop, quell, quiet, regularize, regulate, rest, retain, rock, rock to sleep, secure, set, settle, smooth, smooth down, smooth over, smoothen, soothe, stabilitate, standardize, steady, stereotype, stick, still, subdue, support, sustain, symmetrize, tranquilize, transfix, uniformize
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