Meanings
present singular third person stabilises · participle present stabilising · participle past stabilised · past stabilised
- UKnonstandardNon-Oxford British English standard spelling of stabilize.
Network Rail doesn't expect the line through Carmont to open for around a month, as it faces the mammoth task of recovering the two power cars and four coaches from ScotRail's wrecked train, repairing bridge 325, stabilising earthworks around the landslip, and replacing the track.
2020 August 26, “Network News: Mid-September before line reopens, says Network Rail”, in Rail, page 101 more example
Cristiana Paşca Palmer, the executive secretary of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity, said the destruction of the world’s biggest rainforest was a grim reminder that a fresh approach needed to stabilise the climate and prevent ecosystems from declining to a point of no return, with dire consequences for humanity.
2019 August 30, Jonathan Watts, “Amazon fires show world heading for point of no return, says UN”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 02 Dec 2019
Synonyms & antonyms
verbsupport or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace
verbmake stable and keep from fluctuating or put into an equilibrium
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*sth₂éh₁yeti
- Proto-Italic*staējō
- Proto-Italic*staēō
- Proto-Italic*staðlis?
- Latinstabili
- Old Frenchestable
- Anglo-Normanstabe
- Middle Englishstable
- Englishstable
- Englishstabilise
Cite this entry
stabilise. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stabilise
“stabilise.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stabilise. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stabilise,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stabilise.
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