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- [stey-buh-lahyz]
- /ˈsteɪ bəˌlaɪz/
- /ˈsteɪ.bɪ.laɪz/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [stey-buh-lahyz]
- /ˈsteɪ bəˌlaɪz/
Definitions of stabilize word
- verb with object stabilize to make or hold stable, firm, or steadfast. 1
- verb with object stabilize to maintain at a given or unfluctuating level or quantity: The government will try to stabilize the cost of living. 1
- verb with object stabilize Aeronautics. to put or keep (an aircraft) in stable equilibrium, as by some special device. 1
- verb without object stabilize to become stabilized. 1
- transitive verb stabilize make stable, steady 1
- transitive verb stabilize make even 1
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Origin of stabilize
First appearance:
before 1860 One of the 29% newest English words
1860-65; stabile + -ize; compare French stabiliser
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Parts of speech for Stabilize
noun
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pronoun
preposition
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stabilize popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 90% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for stabilize
verb stabilize
- balance — If you balance something somewhere, or if it balances there, it remains steady and does not fall.
- ballasted — Nautical. any heavy material carried temporarily or permanently in a vessel to provide desired draft and stability.
- ballasting — Nautical. any heavy material carried temporarily or permanently in a vessel to provide desired draft and stability.
- caked — If something is caked with mud, blood, or dirt, it is covered with a thick dry layer of it.
- candied — Food such as candied fruit has been covered with sugar or has been cooked in sugar syrup.
Antonyms for stabilize
verb stabilize
- aways — to cease to live; undergo the complete and permanent cessation of all vital functions; become dead.
- bankrupted — Law. a person who upon his or her own petition or that of his or her creditors is adjudged insolvent by a court and whose property is administered for and divided among his or her creditors under a bankruptcy law.
- bellied — having a belly, esp. of a specified kind
- billow — When something made of cloth billows, it swells out and moves slowly in the wind.
- bobble — A bobble is a small ball of material, usually made of wool, which is used for decorating clothes.
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