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balance

/ balance /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
a scale for weighing; depends on pull of gravity
Type of:
scale weighing machine
Kinds of:
beam balance electronic balance microbalance spring balance spring scale
verb Sense 2
bring into balance or equilibrium
"She has to balance work and her domestic duties"
"balance the two weights"
Opposites:
unbalance
Type of:
match fit
Kinds of:
complement compensate counterbalance correct even out
Derived:
equilibrium equipoise counterbalance chemical equilibrium labyrinthine sense
Verb group:
poise
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb Sense 3
compute credits and debits of an account
Type of:
account calculate
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
noun Sense 4
a state of equilibrium
Opposites:
imbalance instability unbalance
Type of:
equilibrium
Kinds of:
tension electrolyte balance nitrogen balance
Derived:
equilibrate equilibrize equilibrise poise
noun Sense 5
equality of distribution
Type of:
structure construction
Kinds of:
conformation symmetry proportion
Derived:
equilibrate equilibrize equilibrise
noun Sense 6
the difference between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account
Type of:
remainder difference
Kinds of:
balance of trade trade balance visible balance trade gap carry-over
noun Sense 7
equality between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account
Type of:
equality
Kinds of:
trial balance
Has parts:
account accounting account statement
verb Sense 8
be in equilibrium
"He was balancing on one foot"
Type of:
be
Derived:
halter haltere balancer
Verb group:
equilibrate equilibrize equilibrise
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
noun Sense 9
(astrology) a person who is born while the sun in in Libra
Type of:
person individual someone
Domain:
astrology star divination
noun Sense 10
something left after other parts have been taken away
"there was no remainder"
"he threw away the rest"
"he took what he wanted and I got the balance"
Type of:
part portion component part
Kinds of:
leftover remnant
Derived:
remainder remain
noun Sense 11
harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design)
"in all perfectly beautiful objects there is found the opposition of one part to another and a reciprocal balance"- John Ruskin"
Type of:
placement arrangement
Derived:
proportion
verb Sense 12
hold or carry in equilibrium
Type of:
hold carry bear
Derived:
halter haltere balancer poise
Verb group:
equilibrate equilibrize equilibrise
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
noun Sense 13
a wheel that regulates the rate of movement in a machine; especially a wheel oscillating against the hairspring of a timepiece to regulate its beat
Type of:
wheel
Has parts:
timepiece timekeeper
noun Sense 14
the seventh sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about September 23 to October 22
Type of:
sign of the zodiac star sign sign
noun Sense 15
(mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact correspondence of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane
Opposites:
asymmetry imbalance
Type of:
spatial property spatiality
Kinds of:
regularity geometrical regularity bilaterality bilateralism bilateral symmetry
Derived:
symmetrize symmetrise
Domain:
mathematics math maths
noun Sense 16
an equivalent counterbalancing weight
Type of:
weight
Kinds of:
sash weight tare
Derived:
equal match equalize equalise equate
Semantic Complexity
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Sense Count
16
Total Synonyms
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Total Relationships
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Times Searched
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scale weighing machine beam balance electronic balance microbalance spring balance spring scale match fit complement compensate counterbalance