Definitions for balanced

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balanced bal·anced

Spelling: [bal-uh nst]

IPA: /ˈbæl ənst/

Balanced is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 270 anagrams from letters in balanced (aabcdeln).

Definitions for balanced

adjective

1. being in harmonious or proper arrangement or adjustment, proportion, etc.
2. Football. pertaining to or noting an offensive line formation having three linemen on each side of the center. Compare unbalanced (def 5).

noun

1. a state of equilibrium or equipoise; equal distribution of weight, amount, etc.
2. something used to produce equilibrium; counterpoise.
3. mental steadiness or emotional stability; habit of calm behavior, judgment, etc.
4. a state of bodily equilibrium:
5. an instrument for determining weight, typically by the equilibrium of a bar with a fulcrum at the center, from each end of which is suspended a scale or pan, one holding an object of known weight, and the other holding the object to be weighed.
6. the remainder or rest:
7. the power or ability to decide an outcome by throwing one's strength, influence, support, or the like, to one side or the other.
8. (in winemaking) the degree to which all the attributes of a wine are in harmony, with none either too prominent or deficient.
9. Accounting. equality between the totals of the two sides of an account. the difference between the debit total and the credit total of an account. unpaid difference represented by the excess of debits over credits.
10. an adjustment of accounts.
11. the act of balancing; comparison as to weight, amount, importance, etc.; estimate.
12. preponderating weight:
13. Fine Arts. composition or placement of elements of design, as figures, forms, or colors, in such a manner as to produce an aesthetically pleasing or harmoniously integrated whole.
14. Dance. a balancing movement.
15. Also called balance wheel. Horology. a wheel that oscillates against the tension of a hairspring to regulate the beats of a watch or clock.
16. (initial capital letter) Astronomy, Astrology. the constellation or sign of Libra; Scales.
17. Audio. (in a stereophonic sound system) the comparative loudness of two speakers, usually set by a control (balance control) on the amplifier or receiver.

verb (used with object)

1. to bring to or hold in equilibrium; poise:
2. to arrange, adjust, or proportion the parts of symmetrically.
3. to be equal or proportionate to:
4. Accounting. to add up the two sides of (an account) and determine the difference. to make the necessary entries in (an account) so that the sums of the two sides will be equal. to settle by paying what remains due on an account; equalize or adjust.
5. to weigh in a balance.
6. to estimate the relative weight or importance of; compare:
7. to serve as a counterpoise to; counterbalance; offset:
8. Dance. to move in rhythm to and from:

verb (used without object)

1. to have an equality or equivalence in weight, parts, etc.; be in equilibrium:
2. Accounting. to reckon or adjust accounts.
3. to waver or hesitate:
4. Dance. to move forward and backward or in opposite directions.

Idioms

1. in the balance, with the outcome in doubt or suspense:
2. on balance, considering all aspects:

Origin of balanced

First recorded in 1585-95; balance + -ed²

Examples for balanced

In the interest of balanced journalism, I move up one car to experience a fresh landscape.

He screamed and kicked over the chair his foot was balanced on.

That finding is a direct reflection of the original premise behind Roger Ailes pitching Fox News as “far and balanced.”

She now chronicles her recovery in her re-branded site called The balanced Blonde.

I had balanced a little hitherto between the epicier and the Vicomte.

She took out two little hats, and balanced them on either hand.

Or, this year, the ways in which religious liberty (both real and imagined) is balanced against civil rights.

The Great Invisible is something of a marvel—a balanced, unabridged portrait of life before and after the BP disaster.

The Road-Runner balanced on his slender legs and cocked his head trailwise.

There were other and still other banners, in velvet or in satin, balanced at the end of gilded batons.