stabilize

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• stabilize — sta‧bil‧ize [ˈsteɪblaɪz] also stabilise verb [intransitive, transitive] to become firm, steady, or unchanging, or to make something do this: • We want to stabilize consumer prices for sugar and sugar products. • the government s plan to… …   Financial and business terms

• stabilize — stabilize, steady, poise, balance, ballast, trim are comparable when they mean to maintain or cause to maintain position or equilibrium. Despite their agreement in basic meaning they vary widely in their implications and in their range of… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• stabilize — I verb balance, clinch, counterbalance, establish, firm up, round, secure, set, settle, steady II index adjust (regulate), compensate (counterbalance), establish ( …   Law dictionary

• stabilize — (v.) 1861, originally of ships; probably a back formation from STABILITY (Cf. stability). Related: Stabilized; stabilizing …   Etymology dictionary

• stabilize — (Amer.) sta·bi·lize || steɪbɪlaɪz v. make stable; become stable; maintain a given level (also stabilise) …   English contemporary dictionary

• stabilize — [v] make or keep in steady state; make resistant to change balance, ballast, bolt, brace, buttress, counterbalance, counterpoise, equalize, fasten, firm, firm up*, fix, freeze*, maintain, ossify, poise, preserve, prop, secure, set, settle,… …   New thesaurus

• stabilize — (also stabilise) ► VERB ▪ make or become stable. DERIVATIVES stabilization noun …   English terms dictionary

• stabilize — [stā′bə līz΄] vt. stabilized, stabilizing [Fr stabiliser < L stabilis: see STABLE1 & IZE] 1. to make stable, or firm 2. to keep from changing or fluctuating, as in price 3. to give stability to (an airplane, ship, etc.) with a stabilizer …   English World dictionary

• stabilize — UK [ˈsteɪbəlaɪz] / US [ˈsteɪb(ə)lˌaɪz] verb Word forms stabilize : present tense I/you/we/they stabilize he/she/it stabilizes present participle stabilizing past tense stabilized past participle stabilized 1) a) [intransitive] to reach a state… …   English dictionary

• stabilize — sta|bi|lize [ steıbl,aız ] verb 1. ) intransitive or transitive to reach a point where a medical condition is not likely to suddenly become worse, or to make someone reach this point: We have to stabilize her before she can be moved. 2. )… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• stabilize — sta·bi·lize also Brit sta·bi·lise stā bə .līz vb, lized also Brit lised; liz·ing also Brit lis·ing vt to make stable <stabilize a patient s condition> vi to become stable <when pulse and blood pressure respond and stabilize (Jour. Amer.… …   Medical dictionary