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# stabilising

verb (stabilise, stabilises, stabilised, stabilising — -ing form); adjective (stabilising)

«stabilising» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Making something steady and less likely to move, fall or change. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stabilising/#m1)
2. Becoming steady after a time of change, like prices, weather or a patient's health. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stabilising/#m2)
3. (adjective) Helping to keep something steady: «stabilising wheels», «stabilising effect». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stabilising/#m3)

### In the lessons

In science and technology lessons, a wide base or extra wheels stabilise a model; on bikes, stabilisers (UK; training wheels, USA) help young riders. In health news, a patient's condition is «stabilising» after an emergency. In money news, prices are stabilising after rises.

### Examples

- The doctors are stabilising the injured man. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stabilising/#x1)
- His temperature is stabilising now. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stabilising/#x2)
- Stabilising wheels help small children learn to ride. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stabilising/#x3)
- The wide base is stabilising the tower so it won't topple. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stabilising/#x4)
- Prices are slowly stabilising after a big jump. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stabilising/#x5)
- The ship has fins for stabilising it in rough seas. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stabilising/#x6)

### Note

UK spelling «stabilise, stabilising», US «stabilize, stabilizing». Noun: stabiliser/stabilizer, stability. Adjective «stable» (steady); opposite «unstable».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «stabilising» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stabilising/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«stabilising» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/stabilising.html) on Mova free.