English dictionary
balance
nounPronunciation
ˈbæləns
Audio pronunciation
Parts of speech
Definitions
noun
- a scale for weighing; depends on pull of gravity
noun
- 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
noun
- a weight that balances another weight
noun
- (mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane
noun
- harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design)
noun
- equality between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account
noun
- the difference between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account
noun
- something left after other parts have been taken away
noun
- equality of distribution
noun
- a state of equilibrium
verb
- hold or carry in equilibrium
verb
- compute credits and debits of an account
verb
- bring into balance or equilibrium
verb
- be in equilibrium
Example sentences
{'source': 'John Ruskin', 'text': 'in all perfectly beautiful objects there is found the opposition of one part to another and a reciprocal balance'}
there was no remainder
he threw away the rest
he took what he wanted and I got the balance
She has to balance work and her domestic duties
balance the two weights
He was balancing on one foot