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stabilizing

stabilizing is the present participle and gerund of stabilize.

Meaning of stabilize

Verb

stabilize (third-person singular simple present stabilizes, present participle stabilizing, simple past and past participle stabilized)

  1. (transitive) To make stable.
    • Jody stabilized the table by putting a book under the short leg.
  2. (intransitive) To become stable.
    • The country will stabilize after the next election ends.

Questions about stabilizing

What is stabilizing the present participle and gerund of?
Stabilizing is the present participle and gerund of stabilize.

Words near stabilizing in the dictionary

  1. stabilizer
  2. stabilizer subgroup
  3. stabilizer subgroups
  4. stabilizers
  5. stabilizes
  6. stabilizing
  7. stabilogram
  8. stabilograms
  9. stabilographic
  10. stabilography
  11. stabilome

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