to balance
- verb
- /ˈbæl.əns/
- During yoga, it's important to balance your body in each pose to maintain stability.
- try to balance
- struggle to balance
- balance the needs
So you have to balance those two objectives.
- So you have to balance those two objectives.
- All right is this man learning how to balance his priorities?
- You know, how do you balance being a father and being this?
- So to me, we are able to balance it by having the right diet.
- So they do more fancy things trying to balance those two things.
- My thing is how do you balance everything right?
- To cherish someone means to balance your needs with someone else's.
- So most have to balance multiple things at once like I did.
Examples
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It's been difficult for me to balance work, family and self-care.
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The challenge remains for each engineer to balance the P.E. and PMP responsibilities.
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How does our senior leadership balance that and keep the quality?
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And I think it's it's hard to balance having a family with that.
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You know, how do you balance being a father and being this?
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How do you balance these sort of things?
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I think we have to balance that all out.
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So you have to balance those two objectives.
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Well, last question, how do you balance love and ambition?
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Schools should focus on a more balanced approach that includes all the elements of CCSS.
Academic text (2013)
Synonyms
To remain true or valid in a situation
Hold up something so it does not fall
To make something steady so it stops moving or falling
To make yourself or something stop moving
To hold up something heavy so it does not fall
Keep something or someone in place and still
To hold something in a steady, balanced position
To become or make something balanced
To make something balanced, for example temperature or teams
Antonyms
Idioms
To be in a situation where the result is not decided, for example a job or game
Phrasal Verbs
To check and correct a business's money records so they show the right amounts
Compounds
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A document that shows what a company owns, what it owes, and its value on a date
A situation where groups or countries share power so no one becomes too strong
A system that stops one person or group having too much power by sharing control
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The difference in value between a country's exports and imports of goods
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A record of a country's money that comes in and goes out with other countries over a year
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The difference in value of goods a country sells and buys from other countries over time
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A small wheel in a watch or clock that swings against a thin spring to keep accurate time
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An exact scale in a lab for measuring very small amounts of chemicals
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A healthy level of salts like sodium and potassium in the body
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Money that a borrower must keep in a bank account when getting a loan
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An amount that shows an account owes money because more money was taken out than put in
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A way to reduce an asset's value by a fixed percent each year, with larger reductions at first
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A way to reduce an asset's remaining value by a fixed percentage each year
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A state in which a turning part like a propeller does not cause shaking
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A machine that measures small weights and shows the number on a digital screen
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The amount of acids and bases in the body that keeps fluids at the right pH
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Looking at a company's money, debts, and owners' share to judge its financial health
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When a country buys more from other countries than it sells to them, it has money problems
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A record of all money and goods a country sends to and receives from other countries in a year
The seventh zodiac sign shown as scales that has the sun in it from late September to late October
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The difference between money a country earns and pays for services and income from abroad
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A minimum amount of money a bank asks you to keep in an account while you have a loan
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An instrument that measures very small forces by seeing how much a thin wire twists
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A list of account totals that shows whether debit and credit amounts match
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A tool that measures weight using a metal spring and shows it on a scale
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The difference in value between a country's exports and imports of goods over time
How Steady
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Surface Forms
Etymology
The verb balance comes from the same idea of a two-pan scale (bi- 'two' + lanx 'pan') and means to keep something steady, as if making the two sides even so it does not fall.