| VERB | change | stabilize, stabilise | make stable and keep from fluctuating or put into an equilibrium |
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| contact | stabilize, brace, steady, stabilise | support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace / brace | |
| change | stabilize, stabilise | become stable or more stable |
| Sounds | stey'bahlay.z | |
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| Rhymes | actualize ... womanize: 266 rhymes with ayz... | |
| Meaning | make stable and keep from fluctuating or put into an equilibrium. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
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| Synonym | stabilise | |
| Narrower | peg | stabilize (the price / price of a commodity or an exchange rate) by legislation or market operations |
| Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
| Opposite | destabilize, destabilise | make unstable / unstable |
| Spanish | estabilizarse, estabilizar | |
| Catalan | estabilitzar-se, estabilitzar | |
| Nouns | stabilization | the act of stabilizing something or making it more stable |
| stabilizer | a device for making something stable | |
| stabilizer | airfoil consisting of a device for stabilizing an aircraft | |
| stabilizer | a chemical that is added to a solution or mixture or suspension to maintain it in a stable or unchanging state | |
| Meaning | support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace / brace. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | brace, steady, stabilise | |
| Narrower | ballast | make steady with a ballast |
| guy | steady or support with a guy wire or cable | |
| Broader | strengthen, beef up, fortify | make strong or stronger |
| Spanish | afianzar, estabilizar | |
| Catalan | afermar, estabilitzar | |
| Nouns | stabilization | the act of making something (as a vessel or aircraft) less likely to overturn |
| Meaning | Become stable or more stable. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s | |
| Example | "The economy stabilized" | |
| Synonym | stabilise | |
| Narrower | settle, root, take root, steady down, settle down | Become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style |
| steady, calm, becalm | make steady | |
| Broader | change | Undergo a change |
| Opposite | destabilize, destabilise | Become unstable / unstable |
| Spanish | estabilizarse, estabilizar | |
| Catalan | estabilitzar-se, estabilitzar | |
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