stabilize

• stabilise (UK)

From stable + -ize.

• (Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada) enPR: stāʹ-bə-līz' IPA^(key): /ˈsteɪ.bəˌlaɪz/

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• (Indic) IPA^(key): /sʈɛb(ɪ)ˈlaɪz/, /ˈsʈeb(ɪ)laɪz/
• (Philippines) IPA^(key): /ˈst̪abɪlaɪz/, /ˈst̪æbɪlaɪz/
• Hyphenation: sta‧bil‧ize
• Rhymes: -eɪbəlaɪz

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.

• stabilizer
• stabilization

• albitizes

Borrowed from French stabilisé.

• IPA^(key): /sta.bi.liˈze/
• Hyphenation: sta‧bi‧li‧ze

stabilize

1. stabilized