# stabilise

Pronunciation: say "STAY-buh-lyz" /ˈsteɪ.bəlˌaɪz/

## Verb

1. To make or become steady or settled, so that movement or change is reduced or stopped.
   - Simple: To make something steady or stop it changing much, or to become steady or stop changing much.
   - _Engineers drove steel piles into the ground to stabilise the crumbling sea wall._
   - _The Bank of England raised interest rates in an attempt to stabilise the pound._

## Origin

Formed from stable + the suffix -ise.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/stabilise (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).