Balance
noun
Equilibrium, or the state of having one's weight evenly distributed, not inclined to any side.
She lost her balance and fell.
Often appears as...
- maintain balance
- lose balance
noun
The difference in value between a country's imports and exports.
The balance of trade figures were released today.
Often appears as...
- balance of trade
- balance of payments
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Formal
Academic
noun
The amount of money that you have in a bank account.
Please check your balance before withdrawing money.
Often appears as...
- check balance
- balance inquiry
verb
To keep or make things equal and right. Like making sure everything in a diet or lifestyle is balanced.
She tries to balance her diet by eating lots of fruits and vegetables.
Often appears as...
- balance diet
- balance work and life
noun
A device used in physics and chemistry to measure mass precisely.
He used a balance to weigh the chemicals for his experiment.
Often appears as...
- chemical balance
- weight balance
Usage tips
Academic
noun
Equilibrium, or the state of having one's weight evenly distributed, not inclined to any side.
She lost her balance and fell.
Often appears as...
- maintain balance
- lose balance
noun
The difference in value between a country's imports and exports.
The balance of trade figures were released today.
Often appears as...
- balance of trade
- balance of payments
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
noun
The amount of money that you have in a bank account.
Please check your balance before withdrawing money.
Often appears as...
- check balance
- balance inquiry
verb
To keep or make things equal and right. Like making sure everything in a diet or lifestyle is balanced.
She tries to balance her diet by eating lots of fruits and vegetables.
Often appears as...
- balance diet
- balance work and life
noun
A device used in physics and chemistry to measure mass precisely.
He used a balance to weigh the chemicals for his experiment.
Often appears as...
- chemical balance
- weight balance
Usage tips
Academic
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/3Metaphorical Use
Used metaphorically to describe a state of emotional or mental stability.
After a rough week, she found her balance through meditation.
Pro Tip 2/3Physical Stability
Relates to physical stability; often used in sports or physical activities.
Gymnasts must have great balance to perform on the beam.
Pro Tip 3/3Common Expressions
'Off balance' means unprepared or surprised, not just physically unsteady.
The sudden question caught her off balance.
Pro Tip 1/3Metaphorical Use
Used metaphorically to describe a state of emotional or mental stability.
After a rough week, she found her balance through meditation.
Pro Tip 2/3Physical Stability
Relates to physical stability; often used in sports or physical activities.
Gymnasts must have great balance to perform on the beam.
Pro Tip 3/3Common Expressions
'Off balance' means unprepared or surprised, not just physically unsteady.
The sudden question caught her off balance.
Pro Tip 1/3Metaphorical Use
Used metaphorically to describe a state of emotional or mental stability.
After a rough week, she found her balance through meditation.
Pro Tip 2/3Physical Stability
Relates to physical stability; often used in sports or physical activities.
Gymnasts must have great balance to perform on the beam.
Pro Tip 3/3Common Expressions
'Off balance' means unprepared or surprised, not just physically unsteady.
The sudden question caught her off balance.
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Erika Larsen: People of...
and see a lot of starving horses running around,' and he goes, 'and that's what's happening,' And he said to me 'this is what happens when things are out of balance' and he said, 'so even something as powerful the horse that represents, in my eyes on my journey, something really good and when things are out of balance, it also causes problems.'
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The benefits of a...
While a balanced bilingual has near equal abilities across the board in two languages, most bilinguals around the world know and use their languages in varying proportions. And depending on their situation and how they acquired each language, they can be classified into three general types.
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How the food you eat...
can stimulate brain cells to release mood-altering norepinephrine, dopamine, and serotonin. But getting to your brain cells is tricky, and amino acids have to compete for limited access. A diet with a range of foods helps maintain a balanced combination of brain messengers,
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Are you a body with a...
with the external world. Every sight, sound, and touch create new maps and representations in the brain that eventually become responsible for regulating our experience of self. And we have other senses, besides the typical five, such as the sense of balance
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How sugar affects the...
And sugar is rare among dopamine-inducing foods. Broccoli, for example, has no effect, which probably explains why it's so hard to get kids to eat their veggies. Speaking of healthy foods, let's say you're hungry and decide to eat a balanced meal.
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What is bipolar...
through a combination of medical treatments doing their work internally, friends and family fostering acceptance and understanding on the outside, and people with bipolar disorder empowering themselves to find balance in their lives.
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Why is Vermeer's "Girl...
We can witness a milkmaid serenely pouring a bowl of milk, but that milk isn't for us. We're only onlookers. The studied composition in Vermeer's paintings invokes a balanced harmony. With the checkered floor in many of his works,
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How to make work-life...
and I spent a year at home with my wife and four young children. But all I learned about work-life balance from that year was that I found it quite easy to balance work and life when I didn't have any work.
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How to deal with...
way to find balance detaching from gaslighting does not mean total detachment it means distinguishing between the world of the gas lighter and the real world so you can let people have their
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Snow Leopard Hunting PIPE...
Her large paws give an excellent grip and that long tail helps her balance.
Video examples
Erika Larsen: People of...
and see a lot of starving horses running around,' and he goes, 'and that's what's happening,' And he said to me 'this is what happens when things are out of balance' and he said, 'so even something as powerful the horse that represents, in my eyes on my journey, something really good and when things are out of balance, it also causes problems.'
Video examples
The benefits of a...
While a balanced bilingual has near equal abilities across the board in two languages, most bilinguals around the world know and use their languages in varying proportions. And depending on their situation and how they acquired each language, they can be classified into three general types.
Video examples
How the food you eat...
can stimulate brain cells to release mood-altering norepinephrine, dopamine, and serotonin. But getting to your brain cells is tricky, and amino acids have to compete for limited access. A diet with a range of foods helps maintain a balanced combination of brain messengers,
Video examples
Are you a body with a...
with the external world. Every sight, sound, and touch create new maps and representations in the brain that eventually become responsible for regulating our experience of self. And we have other senses, besides the typical five, such as the sense of balance
Video examples
How sugar affects the...
And sugar is rare among dopamine-inducing foods. Broccoli, for example, has no effect, which probably explains why it's so hard to get kids to eat their veggies. Speaking of healthy foods, let's say you're hungry and decide to eat a balanced meal.
Video examples
What is bipolar...
through a combination of medical treatments doing their work internally, friends and family fostering acceptance and understanding on the outside, and people with bipolar disorder empowering themselves to find balance in their lives.
Video examples
Why is Vermeer's "Girl...
We can witness a milkmaid serenely pouring a bowl of milk, but that milk isn't for us. We're only onlookers. The studied composition in Vermeer's paintings invokes a balanced harmony. With the checkered floor in many of his works,
Video examples
How to make work-life...
and I spent a year at home with my wife and four young children. But all I learned about work-life balance from that year was that I found it quite easy to balance work and life when I didn't have any work.
Video examples
How to deal with...
way to find balance detaching from gaslighting does not mean total detachment it means distinguishing between the world of the gas lighter and the real world so you can let people have their
Video examples
Snow Leopard Hunting PIPE...
Her large paws give an excellent grip and that long tail helps her balance.
Example 1 of 10
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Michelle Obama
American First Lady
My family didn't have a lot of money, so I worked my heart out to get my degrees. But the minute I graduated, suddenly everyone was asking me, 'Well, when are you going to get married and start having kids?' And the truth is I had no idea how I would balance the expected role of wife and mother with a challenging career.
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Gordon B. Hinckley
American Clergyman
The major work of the world is not done by geniuses. It is done by ordinary people, with balance in their lives, who have learned to work in an extraordinary manner.
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William Butler Yeats
Irish Poet
I balanced all, brought all to mind, the years to come seemed waste of breath, a waste of breath the years behind, in balance with this life, this death.
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Selena Gomez
American Actress
I don't trust anyone... It's something that I have to live with, and I have to find the balance of who I want in my life and who isn't good for me.
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Jack Welch
American Businessman
There's no such thing as work-life balance. There are work-life choices, and you make them, and they have consequences.
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Stephen Covey
American Educator
The challenge of work-life balance is without question one of the most significant struggles faced by modern man.
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Jennifer Lopez
American Musician
Beauty is only skin deep. I think what's really important is finding a balance of mind, body and spirit.
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P. J. O'Rourke
American Comedian
A person has got to balance work and life and family in order to be a balanced person.
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George Santayana
Spanish Philosopher
Almost every wise saying has an opposite one, no less wise, to balance it.
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Tiger Woods
American Golfer
I know that balance that I need to have in my life.
Quote examples
Michelle Obama
American First Lady
My family didn't have a lot of money, so I worked my heart out to get my degrees. But the minute I graduated, suddenly everyone was asking me, 'Well, when are you going to get married and start having kids?' And the truth is I had no idea how I would balance the expected role of wife and mother with a challenging career.
Quote examples
Gordon B. Hinckley
American Clergyman
The major work of the world is not done by geniuses. It is done by ordinary people, with balance in their lives, who have learned to work in an extraordinary manner.
Quote examples
William Butler Yeats
Irish Poet
I balanced all, brought all to mind, the years to come seemed waste of breath, a waste of breath the years behind, in balance with this life, this death.
Quote examples
Selena Gomez
American Actress
I don't trust anyone... It's something that I have to live with, and I have to find the balance of who I want in my life and who isn't good for me.
Quote examples
Jack Welch
American Businessman
There's no such thing as work-life balance. There are work-life choices, and you make them, and they have consequences.
Quote examples
Stephen Covey
American Educator
The challenge of work-life balance is without question one of the most significant struggles faced by modern man.
Quote examples
Jennifer Lopez
American Musician
Beauty is only skin deep. I think what's really important is finding a balance of mind, body and spirit.
Quote examples
P. J. O'Rourke
American Comedian
A person has got to balance work and life and family in order to be a balanced person.
Quote examples
George Santayana
Spanish Philosopher
Almost every wise saying has an opposite one, no less wise, to balance it.
Quote examples
Tiger Woods
American Golfer
I know that balance that I need to have in my life.
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