stabilize

C2 Topic:Cause, Change & Process

US /sʈɛb(ɪ)ˈlaɪz/ UK /ˈsteɪ.bəˌlaɪz/ See IPA manual

verb Freq #15331

Meanings

1

verb
To make something steady and stop it from changing or moving, or to become steady.

The medication helped stabilize her blood pressure.
2

verb
To become firm or fixed in position so it no longer wobbles.

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

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1 verb · to make something steady... steady

Word family

Forms stabilizedstabilizesstabilizing

Derived forms destabilizegyrostabilizehyperstabilizemesostabilizingnonstabilizedoverstabilizephotostabilizephytostabilizeprestabilizerestabilizestabilizabilitystabilizable

Related forms stabilizationstabilizer

Etymology

From stable + -ize.

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# stabilize

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** sʈɛb(ɪ)ˈlaɪz
**IPA (UK):** ˈsteɪ.bəˌlaɪz
**Frequency rank:** 15331

## Meanings
1. To make something steady and stop it from changing or moving, or to become steady.
2. To become firm or fixed in position so it no longer wobbles.

## Examples
- The medication helped stabilize her blood pressure.
- Jody stabilized the table by putting a book under the short leg.

## Derived Forms
- destabilize
- gyrostabilize
- hyperstabilize
- mesostabilizing
- nonstabilized
- overstabilize
- photostabilize
- phytostabilize
- prestabilize
- restabilize
- stabilizability
- stabilizable

## Related Forms
- stabilization
- stabilizer

## Etymology
From stable + -ize.

## AI Etymology
Stabilize is formed from stable + -ize. The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern verbal form is built from the named base and affix. Current senses include to make something steady and stop it from changing or moving, or to become steady and to become firm or fixed in position so it no longer wobbles. The wider family includes derived forms such as destabilize, gyrostabilize, hyperstabilize, mesostabilizing, and nonstabilized; related words such as stabilization and stabilizer.

## Topics
- Cause, Change & Process
- Actions & Processes
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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