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STABILISE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make stable and keep from fluctuating or put into an equilibrium

Example:

stabilize prices

Synonyms:

stabilise; stabilize

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "stabilise" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "stabilise"):

peg (stabilize (the price of a commodity or an exchange rate) by legislation or market operations)

Sentence frames:

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Antonym:

destabilise (make unstable)

Derivation:

stabilisation (the act of stabilizing something or making it more stable)

stabiliser (a device for making something stable)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Become stable or more stable

Example:

The economy stabilized

Synonyms:

stabilise; stabilize

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "stabilise" is one way to...):

change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "stabilise"):

root; settle; settle down; steady down; take root (become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style)

becalm; calm; steady (make steady)

Sentence frames:

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Derivation:

stabilisation (the act of stabilizing something or making it more stable)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace

Example:

brace your elbows while working on the potter's wheel

Synonyms:

brace; stabilise; stabilize; steady

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "stabilise" is one way to...):

beef up; fortify; strengthen (make strong or stronger)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "stabilise"):

ballast (make steady with a ballast)

guy (steady or support with a guy wire or cable)

Sentence frames:

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