stabilizeverb
UK usually stabilise uk/ˈsteɪ.bəl.aɪz/us/ˈsteɪ.bə.laɪz/[ I ] If something stabilizes, it becomes fixed or stops changing:
He suffered a second heart attack two days ago but his condition has now stabilized.
[ T ] If you stabilize something, you cause it to become fixed or to stop changing:
In China, the policy of one child per family was introduced to stabilize the country's population at 1.6 billion.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Keeping and staying the same
- consistency
- consistent
- continuum
- control
- fastness
- firm
- flat
- invariant
- leave
- leave well alone idiom
- level
- level off
- remain
- seamless
- stable
- steady
- unchanged
- undisturbed
- wallow in sth
- wouldn't have it any other way idiom
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stabilization
noun [ U ] UK usually stabilisation uk/ˌsteɪ.bəl.aɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/us/ˌsteɪ.bəl.əˈzeɪ.ʃən/