stabilize

UK: /ˈsteɪbɪlaɪz/ US: /ˈsteɪbəˌlaɪz/ ,(stā′bə līz′)

Inflections of 'stabilize' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

stabilizes

v 3rd person singular (US & UK)

stabilizing

v pres p (US & UK)

stabilized

v past (US & UK)

stabilized

v past p (US & UK)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

sta•bi•lize /ˈsteɪbəˌlaɪz/   v., -lized, -liz•ing. 

1. to make or hold stable: [~ + object]
   This device on the boat should stabilize it.
   [no object]
   The boat stabilized as it picked up speed.
2. to keep or remain at a given level or amount: [~ + object]
   to stabilize rents.
   [no object]
   Interest rates have finally stabilized at a low 2.5%.

sta•bi•li•za•tion /ˌsteɪbələˈzeɪʃən/  n. [uncountable] See -stab-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

sta•bi•lize  (stā′bə līz′), v., -lized, -liz•ing. 
v.t. 

1. to make or hold stable, firm, or steadfast.
2. to maintain at a given or unfluctuating level or quantity:
   The government will try to stabilize the cost of living.
3. Aeronautics to put or keep (an aircraft) in stable equilibrium, as by some special device.

v.i. 

4. to become stabilized.

Also,[esp. Brit.,] sta′bi•lise′. 

• 1860–65; stabile + -ize; compare French stabiliser

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

stabilize, stabilise / ˈsteɪbɪˌlaɪz/ verb

1. to make or become stable or more stable
2. to keep or be kept stable
3. to put or keep (an aircraft, vessel, etc) in equilibrium by one or more special devices, or (of an aircraft, vessel, etc) to become stable

ˌstabiliˈzation, ˌstabiliˈsation noun