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balancing

balancing

47 3.4
Making two sets of numbers, like accounts, match by checking and changing them
  • noun
  • /ˈbælənˌsɪŋ/
translation icon : equilibrio
  • But even after that, the news-gathering process still involved a balancing of journalism and business.
  • a balancing act
  • a balancing test
  • balancing of interests

What are your thoughts on balancing a day job and being an artist?

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Examples

  • The 1970s and 1980s became a time of balancing needs with allocations.

    Academic text (1990)

  • According to Erikson, successful identity formation is a careful balancing act between the self and the other.

    Academic text (2008)

  • Then you would have a balancing of interests.

    Roe v. Wade (2021)

  • So you have this problem of the balancing of powers in Asia.

  • An important aspect of this proposed approach is that social policy balancing is not involved.

    Academic text (1992)

  • Treating heart failure can be a careful balancing act at the best of times.

    Academic text (2011)

  • India continues to execute a complex balancing act between Israel and other nations opposed to the Jewish State.

    Academic text (2013)

  • The result was a statement intended to guide the balancing of environment and development in the Yukon.

    Academic text (1993)

  • But this relatively new balancing act by the voters rests on firmer foundations.

    Academic text (1992)

  • The committee found it challenging to achieve a balancing of diverse opinions during the meeting.

Synonyms

reconciliation
vsbalancing
  • Specialized
22 5.6

Making two sets of financial records agree

is about making things correspond generally not only records
leveling
vsbalancing
  • US
4 4.1

The act of making people more equal in money or opportunity

is focused on making things correspond through comparison and adjustment
equalization
vsbalancing
  • US
2 5.8

Making things more equal by adjusting differences between them

is about creating correspondence rather than strict equality by adjustment
equilibration
vsbalancing
1 9.0

A process that makes things reach the same level or balance

focuses on agreement by comparing and adjusting not just passive stability
rebalance
vsbalancing
1 4.3

An act of changing parts or amounts so things become more even

is about matching items into agreement by comparing and adjusting them
reconcilement
vsbalancing
  • Specialized
6.8

The act of making accounts or ideas agree with each other

is the general act of making things correspond not only financial
commensuration
vsbalancing
  • Specialized
9.9

The process of making things proportional in size or degree

is broader aiming for agreement not only proportional relationships
equating
vsbalancing
6.5

Treating different things as the same

is about adjusting things to correspond rather than declaring equality

Antonyms

imbalance
86 4.2

When different parts are not equal in amount or power

to disagree
23 1.6

Not match what another thing or person shows

Compounds

balancing act
  • Informal
23 4.4

A situation of managing two or more important things at the same time, like work and family

How Balanced

to harmonize
  • US
1 4.2
to equalize
  • US
10 4.4
balancing
47 3.4
adjustment
133 2.9

Surface Forms

balancing singular
balancings plural

Morphology

balancing = balance (transparent) = balance + ing

The noun sense is a standard gerund/nominalization from the verb 'balance' formed with '-ing', and its meaning is directly predictable from the verb.

Etymology

Balancing comes from an old word for a scale with 'two' pans: the prefix bi- means 'two' and it shares the same idea as balance, making two sides even. So balancing is like putting things on a scale and adjusting them until both sides 'agree', which is why it means comparing and adjusting things to make them match.