Meaning

2 senses

  1. (transitive)To make stable.

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

    stabilisieren

    стабилизи́роватьstabilizírovatʹ

    стабілізува́тиstabilizuváty

    become stable or more stable

  2. (intransitive)To become stable.

    The country will stabilize after the next election ends.

    sich stabilisieren

    стабилизи́роватьсяstabilizírovatʹsja

    стабілізува́тисяstabilizuvátysja

Examples

30 sentences

  1. The authorities managed to stabilize the currency.

    ruВластям удалось стабилизировать курс валюты.

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  2. The situation has stabilized.

    ruСитуация стабилизировалась.

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  3. Tom has stabilized.

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  4. She's unconscious, and we're stabilizing her.

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  5. She's stabilized for the time being.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
to make stable:
to become stable:
Русский
By meaning 2
to make stable:
to become stable:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to make stable:
to become stable:

Forms

stabilizes, stabilizing, stabilized, stabilized
Base formstabilize · to stabilize
3rd person singularstabilizes
Present participlestabilizing
Past simplestabilized
Past participlestabilized

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theystabilize
he, she, itstabilizes

Past simpleLesson

all personsstabilized

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave stabilized
he, she, ithas stabilized

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill stabilize

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • make stable and keep from fluctuating or put into an equilibrium:stabilise
  • become stable or more stable:stabilise
  • support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace:bracesteadystabilise

Antonyms

2 antonyms
destabilizedestabilise

Word family

19 related words
Relatedstabilizerstabilization
Deriveddestabilizegyrostabilizehyperstabilizemesostabilizingnonstabilizedoverstabilizephotostabilizephytostabilizeprestabilizerestabilizestabilizabilitystabilizablesuperstabilizingthermostabilizethermostabilizedthermostabilizingunstabilized

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
stabB2stabilityB2stabilizationstableB1stackB2
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