balanced Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. verb bring into balance or equilibrium
   equilibrate; equilibrise; equilibrize; balance.
   
   • She has to balance work and her domestic duties
   • balance the two weights
2. verb compute credits and debits of an account
   balance.
   
3. verb hold or carry in equilibrium
   balance; poise.
   
4. verb be in equilibrium
   balance.
   
   • He was balancing on one foot
5. adjective being in a state of proper equilibrium
   
   • the carefully balanced seesaw
   • a properly balanced symphony orchestra
   • a balanced assessment of intellectual and cultural history
   • a balanced blend of whiskeys
   • the educated man shows a balanced development of all his powers

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