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1. a. : physical equilibrium. trouble keeping your balance on a sailboat. lost his balance and fell. a boxer kept off balance for a whole round. b. : the ability to retain one's balance. Gymnasts must have a good sense of balance. 2. a. : stability produced by even distribution of weight on each side of the vertical axis.
to give several things equal amounts of importance, time, or money so that a situation is successful: I struggle to balance work and family commitments. [ T ] to arrange a system that relates to money so that the amount of money spent is not more than the amount received: Check your bank statements, balance your accounts and add up your expenses.
to give several things equal amounts of importance, time, or money so that a situation is successful: I struggle to balance work and family commitments. [ T ] to arrange a system that relates to money so that the amount of money spent is not more than the amount received: Check your bank statements, balance your accounts and add up your expenses.
Balance is having the right amount — not too much or too little — of any quality, which leads to harmony or evenness. You might admire the balance someone has achieved between working hard and having fun.
a situation where different things are given equal importance, or are considered or divided equally or fairly: strike a balance We must strike a balance between reckless spending and penny-pinching (= try to have something between these two things).
to arrange, adjust, or proportion the parts of symmetrically. to be equal or proportionate to: I'm always happy when cash on hand balances expected expenses. One side of an equation must balance the other.
1 to make someone or something unsteady and in danger of falling I was thrown off balance by the sudden gust of wind. 2 to make someone surprised or confused The senator was clearly caught off balance by the unexpected question.