stabilize
pronunciation
How to pronounce stabilize in British English:
UK [ˈsteɪbəlaɪz]
How to pronounce stabilize in American English:
US [ˈsteɪbəlaɪz]
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- Verb:
- make stable and keep from fluctuating or put into an equilibrium
- support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace
- become stable or more stable
Word Origin
- stabilize (v.)
- 1861, originally of ships; probably a back-formation from stability, or else from French stabiliser. Related: Stabilized; stabilizing. Earlier verbs in the same sense were stabilitate (1640s) and simple stable (v.) "make steady or firm, make stable" (c. 1300), from Old French establir.
Example
- 1. The pause gave computerized futures-trading systems time to stabilize .
- 2. This faustian bargain would be acceptable if only to stabilize what now appears to be an even more dangerous deflationary debt liquidation .
- 3. But the rumor helped stabilize the market .
- 4. We 'll do everything to stabilize this instrument .
- 5. The rate hike will help stabilize deposits , with modest impact on borrowing cost .