MEANING
To reach a relatively steady condition or prevent further disruptive change.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- stabilize prices
- stabilize a structure
On the page
Prices stabilized once deliveries resumed.
Nearby words
Opposite meanings
Word forms
- Base
- stabilize
- Past tense
- stabilized
- Past participle
- stabilized
- Present participle
- stabilizing
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- stabilize
- Present continuous
- am/is/are stabilizing
- Present perfect
- have/has stabilized
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been stabilizing
- Past
- stabilized
- Past continuous
- was/were stabilizing
- Past perfect
- had stabilized
- Past perfect continuous
- had been stabilizing
- Future
- will stabilize
- Future continuous
- will be stabilizing
- Future perfect
- will have stabilized
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been stabilizing
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: stabilize; stabilizes; stabilized; stabilized; stabilizing Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: change, causation. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: stabilizes.
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