balance

/'bæləns/

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Explanation of the Word "Balance"

Part of Speech: Noun and Verb

Usage Instructions:

• As a noun, you might say: "I need to check the balance of my bank account."
• As a verb, you could say: "She has to balance her time between studying and relaxing."

Examples:

• Noun: "The carpenter used a balance to measure the weights of the wood pieces accurately."
• Verb: "He was balancing on one foot during the yoga class."

Advanced Usage:

• In design, you could discuss how a painting has balance, meaning that the colors and shapes are arranged in a way that feels even and pleasing to the eye.
• In finance, you might discuss maintaining a balance between your savings and spending.

Word Variants:

• Balanced (adjective): Describes something that is in a state of balance. Example: "The balanced diet includes various food groups."
• Balancing (verb form): The process of making something balanced. Example: "Balancing work and personal life can be challenging."

Different Meanings:

• In astrology, Balance refers to the sign of Libra, symbolizing fairness and harmony.
• In mathematics, it indicates equality in an equation or balancing an equation.

Synonyms:

• Equilibrium (for balance in weight or design)
• Stability (for a steady state)
• Harmony (for balanced arrangement)
• Equalization (in finance)

Idioms:

• "Find balance": This means to achieve a state where different elements of life are managed well. Example: "It's important to find balance between work and relaxation."
• "Keep your balance": This phrase often refers to maintaining stability in various situations, not just physically.

Phrasal Verb:

• "Balance out": This means to make two things equal or to counteract something.

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Noun

1. a scale for weighing; depends on pull of gravity
2. 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
3. a weight that balances another weight
4. (mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane
5. the seventh sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about September 23 to October 22
6. (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Libra
7. the difference between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account
8. 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
9. equality of distribution
10. 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
11. equality between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account
12. a state of equilibrium

Verb

1. be in equilibrium
   • He was balancing on one foot
2. hold or carry in equilibrium
3. compute credits and debits of an account
4. bring into balance or equilibrium
   • She has to balance work and her domestic duties
   • balance the two weights

Synonyms

• balance wheel
• counterweight
• counterbalance
• counterpoise
• equalizer
• equaliser
• symmetry
• symmetricalness
• correspondence
• Libra
• Libra the Balance
• Balance
• Libra the Scales
• remainder
• residual
• residue
• residuum
• rest
• equilibrium
• equipoise
• proportion
• proportionality