stabilising

«stabilising» in Mova's school dictionary: Making something steady and less likely to move, fall or… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

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

meaning for a pupil

1) Making something steady and less likely to move, fall or change. tree →

2) Becoming steady after a time of change, like prices, weather or a patient's health. tree →

3) (adjective) Helping to keep something steady: «stabilising wheels», «stabilising effect». tree →

sense 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 →
• His temperature is stabilising now. tree →
• Stabilising wheels help small children learn to ride. tree →
• The wide base is stabilising the tower so it won't topple. tree →
• Prices are slowly stabilising after a big jump. tree →
• The ship has fins for stabilising it in rough seas. tree →

note

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

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «stabilising» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.