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to stabilize
01
to make something steady and prevent it from fluctuating
Transitive: to stabilize something abstract
Grammatical Information
Composition
derived
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
stabilize
3rd person singular
stabilizes
Present participle
stabilizing
Past simple
stabilized
Past participle
stabilized
Examples
Central banks implement policies to stabilize the economy and control inflation.
02
to reach a point of relative steadiness or equilibrium
Intransitive
Examples
After months of uncertainty, the economy began to stabilize.
03
to reinforce or secure something in a stationary position
Transitive: to stabilize a concrete object
Examples
The construction crew stabilized the scaffolding by adding additional support beams.
Lexical Tree
destabilize
stabilized
stabilizer
stabilize
stabile
