( BrE also sta·bil·ise ) / ˈsteɪbəlaɪz; NAmE / verb
to become or to make sth become firm, steady and unlikely to change; to make sth stable :
[ v ]
The patient's condition stabilized.
[ vn ]
government measures to stabilize prices
Doctors stabilized the patient's condition.
—compare destabilize
► sta·bil·iza·tion , sta·bil·isa·tion / ˌsteɪbəlaɪˈzeɪʃn; NAmE -ləˈz-/ noun [ U ]:
economic stabilization