normalize

Other forms: normalized; normalizing; normalizes

If it's out of whack, totally crazy and absolutely bizarre, it should probably be normalized, or put back into a normal state.

Something that's been normalized has been put back to normal, whether you're talking about the weather pattern or your sleep habits. Someone who likes to keep things in order is probably a fan of the word normalize. Stock brokers, for example, hate it when the stock market takes them on a wild, unpredictable ride; they'd much rather have things normalize and settle down.

Definitions of normalize

1. verb

   make normal or cause to conform to a norm or standard
   “normalize relations with China”

   “normalize the temperature”

   “normalize the spelling”

   synonyms: normalise, renormalise, renormalize

   normalise

   become normal or return to its normal state

   type of:

   alter, change, modify

   cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
2. verb

   become normal or return to its normal state
   “Let us hope that relations with this country will normalize soon”

   synonyms: normalise

   normalise, renormalise, renormalize

   make normal or cause to conform to a norm or standard

   type of:

   change

   undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature
3. verb

   bring to a desired consistency, texture, or hardness by a process of gradually heating and cooling
   synonyms: anneal, temper

   type of:

   harden, indurate

   make hard or harder