BALANCE

BA ·LAN ·CE 2 syllables

A2 · Elementary 📏 7 letters 🎲 Scrabble 11 ✅ valid word

Common in conversation and basic reading.

noun
  1. a state of equilibrium
  2. equality between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account
  3. harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design)
  4. equality of distribution

💬 Examples

  • "in all perfectly beautiful objects there is found the opposition of one part to another and a reciprocal balance- John Ruskin"
  • "there was no remainder"
  • "he threw away the rest"
  • "the sun is in this sign from about September 23 to October 22"

🔗 Similar words

proportionproportionalityequilibriumequipoisecounterbalanceremainder
verb
  1. bring into balance or equilibrium
  2. compute credits and debits of an account
  3. hold or carry in equilibrium
  4. be in equilibrium

💬 Examples

  • "She has to balance work and her domestic duties"
  • "balance the two weights"
  • "He was balancing on one foot"

🔗 Similar words

equilibrateequilibrizeequilibrisepoise
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