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{ "antonyms": [ { "sense": "antonym(s) of “equilibrium”", "word": "nonequilibrium" }, { "sense": "antonym(s) of “equilibrium”", "word": "imbalance" }, { "sense": "antonym(s) of “equilibrium”", "word": "unbalance" }, { "sense": "antonym(s) of “support for both viewpoints”", "word": "bias" }, { "sense": "antonym(s) of “support for both viewpoints”", "word": "favor" }, { "sense": "antonym(s) of “support for both viewpoints”", "word": "favour" }, { "sense": "antonym(s) of “support for both viewpoints”", "word": "partiality" }, { "sense": "antonym(s) of “support for both viewpoints”", "word": "partisanship" }, { "sense": "antonym(s) of “support for both viewpoints”", "word": "prejudice" }, { "sense": "antonym(s) of “support for both viewpoints”", "word": "unfairness" } ], "derived": [ { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "adjusted trial balance" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "analytical balance" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "balanced 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}, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "ampere balance" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "balance beam" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "balance bicycle" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "b. bike" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "balance board" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "balance dock" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "balance of nature" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "balance of power" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "balance of probabilities" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "balance of probability" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "balance of terror" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "balance room" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "balance weight" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "b.weight" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "balance wheel" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "basic balance" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "chemical balance" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "color balance" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "compensation balance" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "detailed balance" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "false balance" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "hydrostatic balance" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "Jolly balance" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "Kelvin balance" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "letter balance" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "mass balance" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "nitrogen balance" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "power balance" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "radiative balance" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "Roberval balance" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "Roman balance" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "spring balance" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "symmetrical balance" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "torsion balance" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "white balance" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "work-life balance" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "acrobalance" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "balanceman" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "balancewise" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "electrobalance" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "equibalance" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "imbalance" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "inbalance" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "microbalance" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "ultra—" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "nanobalance" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "thermobalance" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "in the balance" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "off balance" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "on balance" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "hang in the balance" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "keep one's balance" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "lose one's balance" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "strike a balance" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "throw off balance" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "tip the balance" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "check and balance" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "counterbalance" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "disbalance" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "misbalance" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "overbalance" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "rebalance" } ], "etymology_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "ine-pro", "2": "*dwóh₁" }, "expansion": "*dwóh₁", "name": "l" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "dwóh₁" }, "expansion": "PIE word\n *dwóh₁", "name": "PIE word" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "enm", "3": "balaunce" }, "expansion": "Middle English balaunce", "name": "der" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "fro", "3": "balance" }, "expansion": "Old French balance", "name": "der" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "LL.", "3": "*bilancia" }, "expansion": "Late Latin *bilancia", "name": "der" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "la", "3": "bilanx", "4": "", "5": "two-scaled" }, "expansion": "Latin bilanx (“two-scaled”)", "name": "der" }, { "args": { "1": "la", "2": "bi-" }, "expansion": "bi-", "name": "m" }, { "args": { "1": "la", "2": "lanx", "3": "", "4": "plate, scale" }, "expansion": "lanx (“plate, scale”)", "name": "m" } ], "etymology_text": "PIE word\n *dwóh₁\nFrom Middle English balaunce, from Old French balance, from Late Latin *bilancia, from (accusative form of) Latin bilanx (“two-scaled”), from bi- + lanx (“plate, scale”).", "forms": [ { "form": "balances", "tags": [ "plural" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "~" }, "expansion": "balance (countable and uncountable, plural balances)", "name": "en-noun" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "noun", "senses": [ { "categories": [], "examples": [ { "ref": "1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 196", "text": "But civilized man is quite a different animal, and when he wipes out an entire city or levels a forest, he is no longer working within the natural balance of things.", "type": "quotation" } ], "glosses": [ "A state in which opposing forces harmonise; equilibrium." ], "id": "en-balance-en-noun-bDiFG6~0", "links": [ [ "harmonise", "harmonise" ], [ "equilibrium", "equilibrium" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(uncountable) A state in which opposing forces harmonise; equilibrium." ], "tags": [ "uncountable" ] }, { "categories": [ { "_dis": "5 16 17 6 5 4 1 12 2 1 1 4 1 5 5 1 5 4 1 1 1 1 0", "kind": "other", "name": "English entries with incorrect language header", "parents": [ "Entries with incorrect language header", "Entry maintenance" ], "source": "w+disamb" } ], "glosses": [ "Mental equilibrium; mental health; calmness, a state of remaining clear-headed and unperturbed." ], "id": "en-balance-en-noun-Qm6Kc9gI", "links": [ [ "calmness", "calmness" ], [ "clear-headed", "clear-headed" ], [ "unperturbed", "unperturbed" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(uncountable) Mental equilibrium; mental health; calmness, a state of remaining clear-headed and unperturbed." ], "tags": [ "uncountable" ], "translations": [ { "_dis1": "21 51 16 0 2 2 0 1 2 0 1 5", "code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "mental equilibrium", "tags": [ "common-gender" ], "word": "ligevægt" }, { "_dis1": "21 51 16 0 2 2 0 1 2 0 1 5", "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "mental equilibrium", "word": "tasapaino" }, { "_dis1": "21 51 16 0 2 2 0 1 2 0 1 5", "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "mental equilibrium", "word": "kiegyensúlyozottság" }, { "_dis1": "21 51 16 0 2 2 0 1 2 0 1 5", "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "mental equilibrium", "word": "lelki béke" }, { "_dis1": "21 51 16 0 2 2 0 1 2 0 1 5", "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "mental equilibrium", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "equilibrio" }, { "_dis1": "21 51 16 0 2 2 0 1 2 0 1 5", "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "mental equilibrium", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "punto di equilibrio" }, { "_dis1": "21 51 16 0 2 2 0 1 2 0 1 5", "code": "enm", "lang": "Middle English", "sense": "mental equilibrium", "word": "balaunce" }, { "_dis1": "21 51 16 0 2 2 0 1 2 0 1 5", "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "garmónija", "sense": "mental equilibrium", "tags": [ "figuratively" ], "word": "гармо́ния" } ] }, { "categories": [ { "_dis": "5 16 17 6 5 4 1 12 2 1 1 4 1 5 5 1 5 4 1 1 1 1 0", "kind": "other", "name": "English entries with incorrect language header", "parents": [ "Entries with incorrect language header", "Entry maintenance" ], "source": "w+disamb" } ], "examples": [ { "text": "These weights are used as a balance for the overhanging verandah", "type": "example" }, { "text": "Blair thought he could provide a useful balance to Bush's policies.", "type": "example" } ], "glosses": [ "Something of equal weight used to provide equilibrium; counterweight." ], "id": "en-balance-en-noun-m~T~P6fC", "links": [ [ "counterweight", "counterweight" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(literally or figuratively) Something of equal weight used to provide equilibrium; counterweight." ], "tags": [ "countable", "figuratively", "literally", "uncountable" ], "translations": [ { "_dis1": "6 9 55 1 2 2 1 5 1 15 1 2", "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "something of equal weight used to provide equilibrium", "word": "vastapaino" }, { "_dis1": "6 9 55 1 2 2 1 5 1 15 1 2", "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "something of equal weight used to provide equilibrium", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "contrepoids" }, { "_dis1": "6 9 55 1 2 2 1 5 1 15 1 2", "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "something of equal weight used to provide equilibrium", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "contrappeso" }, { "_dis1": "6 9 55 1 2 2 1 5 1 15 1 2", "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "something of equal weight used to provide equilibrium", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "bilanciamento" }, { "_dis1": "6 9 55 1 2 2 1 5 1 15 1 2", "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "something of equal weight used to provide equilibrium", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "balans" }, { "_dis1": "6 9 55 1 2 2 1 5 1 15 1 2", "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "protivoves", "sense": "something of equal weight used to provide equilibrium", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "противовес" } ] }, { "glosses": [ "A pair of scales." ], "id": "en-balance-en-noun-2XaPxZaw", "links": [ [ "scales", "scales" ] ], "synonyms": [ { "_dis1": "3 4 9 50 3 3 3 7 2 7 5 5", "sense": "scales", "word": "pair of scales" }, { "_dis1": "3 4 9 50 3 3 3 7 2 7 5 5", "sense": "scales", "word": "set of scales" }, { "_dis1": "3 4 9 50 3 3 3 7 2 7 5 5", "sense": "scales", "word": "scales" }, { "_dis1": "3 4 9 50 3 3 3 7 2 7 5 5", "sense": "scales", "word": "weighing machine" }, { "_dis1": "3 4 9 50 3 3 3 7 2 7 5 5", "english": "for vehicles", "sense": "scales", "word": "weighbridge" } ], "tags": [ "countable", "uncountable" ] }, { "categories": [], "glosses": [ "Awareness of both viewpoints or matters; neutrality; rationality; objectivity." ], "id": "en-balance-en-noun-6~p~AI0X", "links": [ [ "Awareness", "awareness" ], [ "neutrality", "neutrality" ], [ "rationality", "rationality" ], [ "objectivity", "objectivity" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(uncountable) Awareness of both viewpoints or matters; neutrality; rationality; objectivity." ], "synonyms": [ { "_dis1": "5 16 17 7 35 3 1 12 1 0 1 3", "sense": "support for both viewpoints", "word": "disinterest" }, { "_dis1": "5 16 17 7 35 3 1 12 1 0 1 3", "sense": "support for both viewpoints", "word": "even-handedness" }, { "_dis1": "5 16 17 7 35 3 1 12 1 0 1 3", "sense": "support for both viewpoints", "word": "fairness" }, { "_dis1": "5 16 17 7 35 3 1 12 1 0 1 3", "sense": "support for both viewpoints", "word": "impartiality" }, { "_dis1": "5 16 17 7 35 3 1 12 1 0 1 3", "sense": "support for both viewpoints", "word": "neutrality" }, { "_dis1": "5 16 17 7 35 3 1 12 1 0 1 3", "sense": "support for both viewpoints", "word": "nonpartisanship" } ], "tags": [ "uncountable" ], "translations": [ { "_dis1": "3 12 12 1 55 3 0 9 0 0 1 3", "code": "sq", "lang": "Albanian", "sense": "awareness of both viewpoints", "word": "balancë" }, { "_dis1": "3 12 12 1 55 3 0 9 0 0 1 3", "code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "balansíranost", "sense": "awareness of both viewpoints", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "баланси́раност" }, { "_dis1": "3 12 12 1 55 3 0 9 0 0 1 3", "code": "cmn", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "zhōnglì", "sense": "awareness of both viewpoints", "word": "中立" }, { "_dis1": "3 12 12 1 55 3 0 9 0 0 1 3", "code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "awareness of both viewpoints", "tags": [ "common-gender" ], "word": "afvejning" }, { "_dis1": "3 12 12 1 55 3 0 9 0 0 1 3", "code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "awareness of both viewpoints", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "evenwicht" }, { "_dis1": "3 12 12 1 55 3 0 9 0 0 1 3", "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "awareness of both viewpoints", "word": "tasapuolisuus" }, { "_dis1": "3 12 12 1 55 3 0 9 0 0 1 3", "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "awareness of both viewpoints", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "Ausgewogenheit" }, { "_dis1": "3 12 12 1 55 3 0 9 0 0 1 3", "code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "isorropía", "sense": "awareness of both viewpoints", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "ισορροπία" }, { "_dis1": "3 12 12 1 55 3 0 9 0 0 1 3", "code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "izún", "sense": "awareness of both viewpoints", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "איזון" }, { "_dis1": "3 12 12 1 55 3 0 9 0 0 1 3", "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "awareness of both viewpoints", "word": "kiegyensúlyozottság" }, { "_dis1": "3 12 12 1 55 3 0 9 0 0 1 3", "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "awareness of both viewpoints", "word": "elfogulatlanság" }, { "_dis1": "3 12 12 1 55 3 0 9 0 0 1 3", "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "awareness of both viewpoints", "word": "semlegesség" }, { "_dis1": "3 12 12 1 55 3 0 9 0 0 1 3", "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "awareness of both viewpoints", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "neutralità" }, { "_dis1": "3 12 12 1 55 3 0 9 0 0 1 3", "alt": "ちゅうりつ", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "chūritsu", "sense": "awareness of both viewpoints", "word": "中立" }, { "_dis1": "3 12 12 1 55 3 0 9 0 0 1 3", "code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "vramnoteženost", "sense": "awareness of both viewpoints", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "врамнотеженост" }, { "_dis1": "3 12 12 1 55 3 0 9 0 0 1 3", "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "awareness of both viewpoints", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "equilíbrio" }, { "_dis1": "3 12 12 1 55 3 0 9 0 0 1 3", "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "sbalansírovannostʹ", "sense": "awareness of both viewpoints", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "сбаланси́рованность" }, { "_dis1": "3 12 12 1 55 3 0 9 0 0 1 3", "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "vzvéšennostʹ", "sense": "awareness of both viewpoints", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "взве́шенность" }, { "_dis1": "3 12 12 1 55 3 0 9 0 0 1 3", "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "uravnovéšennostʹ", "sense": "awareness of both viewpoints", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "уравнове́шенность" }, { "_dis1": "3 12 12 1 55 3 0 9 0 0 1 3", "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "baláns", "sense": "awareness of both viewpoints", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "бала́нс" }, { "_dis1": "3 12 12 1 55 3 0 9 0 0 1 3", "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "awareness of both viewpoints", "tags": [ "Cyrillic", "feminine" ], "word": "равноте́жа" }, { "_dis1": "3 12 12 1 55 3 0 9 0 0 1 3", "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "awareness of both viewpoints", "tags": [ "Roman", "feminine" ], "word": "ravnotéža" }, { "_dis1": "3 12 12 1 55 3 0 9 0 0 1 3", "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "awareness of both viewpoints", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "equilibrio" }, { "_dis1": "3 12 12 1 55 3 0 9 0 0 1 3", "code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "awareness of both viewpoints", "tags": [ "common-gender" ], "word": "avvägning" } ] }, { "categories": [], "examples": [ { "text": "The balance of power finally lay with the Royalist forces.", "type": "example" }, { "text": "I think the balance of opinion is that we should get out while we're ahead.", "type": "example" }, { "ref": "2012 April 19, Josh Halliday, “Free speech haven or lawless cesspool – can the internet be civilised?”, in the Guardian", "text": "The shift in the balance of power online has allowed anyone to publish to the world, from dispirited teenagers in south London to an anonymous cyber-dissident in a Middle East autocracy.", "type": "quotation" } ], "glosses": [ "The overall result of conflicting forces, opinions etc.; the influence which ultimately \"weighs\" more than others." ], "id": "en-balance-en-noun-PtgiCcoT", "raw_glosses": [ "(uncountable) The overall result of conflicting forces, opinions etc.; the influence which ultimately \"weighs\" more than others." ], "tags": [ "uncountable" ], "translations": [ { "_dis1": "7 2 4 1 2 57 2 4 14 2 3 2", "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "overall result of conflicting forces", "word": "tasapaino" }, { "_dis1": "7 2 4 1 2 57 2 4 14 2 3 2", "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "overall result of conflicting forces", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "equilibrio" }, { "_dis1": "7 2 4 1 2 57 2 4 14 2 3 2", "code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "overall result of conflicting forces", "word": "hangarite" }, { "_dis1": "7 2 4 1 2 57 2 4 14 2 3 2", "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "overall result of conflicting forces", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "bilans" } ] }, { "categories": [], "glosses": [ "Apparent harmony in art (between differing colours, sounds, etc.)." ], "id": "en-balance-en-noun-98qC-CTF", "links": [ [ "harmony", "harmony" ], [ "art", "art" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(uncountable) Apparent harmony in art (between differing colours, sounds, etc.)." ], "tags": [ "uncountable" ], "translations": [ { "_dis1": "8 3 3 0 0 2 79 1 1 1 1 1", "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "apparent harmony in art", "word": "tasapaino" }, { "_dis1": "8 3 3 0 0 2 79 1 1 1 1 1", "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "apparent harmony in art", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "équilibre" }, { "_dis1": "8 3 3 0 0 2 79 1 1 1 1 1", "code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "apparent harmony in art", "word": "seimbang" }, { "_dis1": "8 3 3 0 0 2 79 1 1 1 1 1", "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "apparent harmony in art", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "equilibrio" } ] }, { "categories": [ { "kind": "topical", "langcode": "en", "name": "Accounting", "orig": "en:Accounting", "parents": [ "Finance", "Business", "Economics", "Society", "Social sciences", "All topics", "Sciences", "Fundamental" ], "source": "w" }, { "_dis": "5 16 17 6 5 4 1 12 2 1 1 4 1 5 5 1 5 4 1 1 1 1 0", "kind": "other", "name": "English entries with incorrect language header", "parents": [ "Entries with incorrect language header", "Entry maintenance" ], "source": "w+disamb" } 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2 1 3 10 4", "code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "to bring to equipoise", "word": "compensar" }, { "_dis1": "58 3 4 3 4 8 2 1 3 10 4", "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to bring to equipoise", "word": "tasapainottaa" }, { "_dis1": "58 3 4 3 4 8 2 1 3 10 4", "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to bring to equipoise", "word": "balancieren" }, { "_dis1": "58 3 4 3 4 8 2 1 3 10 4", "code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "zygízo", "sense": "to bring to equipoise", "word": "ζυγίζω" }, { "_dis1": "58 3 4 3 4 8 2 1 3 10 4", "code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "izén", "sense": "to bring to equipoise", "word": "אִזֵּן" }, { "_dis1": "58 3 4 3 4 8 2 1 3 10 4", "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to bring to equipoise", "word": "bilanciare" }, { "_dis1": "58 3 4 3 4 8 2 1 3 10 4", "code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to bring to equipoise", "word": "tauta" }, { "_dis1": "58 3 4 3 4 8 2 1 3 10 4", "code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to bring to equipoise", "word": "whakataurite" }, { "_dis1": "58 3 4 3 4 8 2 1 3 10 4", "code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to bring to equipoise", "word": "whakatautika" }, { "_dis1": "58 3 4 3 4 8 2 1 3 10 4", "code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to bring to equipoise", "word": "balansere" }, { "_dis1": "58 3 4 3 4 8 2 1 3 10 4", "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to bring to equipoise", "word": "equilibrar" }, { "_dis1": "58 3 4 3 4 8 2 1 3 10 4", "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "uravnovéšivatʹ", "sense": "to bring to equipoise", "tags": [ "imperfective" ], "word": "уравнове́шивать" }, { "_dis1": "58 3 4 3 4 8 2 1 3 10 4", "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "uravnovésitʹ", "sense": "to bring to equipoise", "tags": [ "perfective" ], "word": "уравнове́сить" }, { "_dis1": "58 3 4 3 4 8 2 1 3 10 4", "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "to bring to equipoise", "tags": [ "Cyrillic" ], "word": "балансирати" }, { "_dis1": "58 3 4 3 4 8 2 1 3 10 4", "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "to bring to equipoise", "tags": [ "Roman" ], "word": "balansirati" }, { "_dis1": "58 3 4 3 4 8 2 1 3 10 4", "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to bring to equipoise", "word": "balancear" }, { "_dis1": "58 3 4 3 4 8 2 1 3 10 4", "code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to bring to equipoise", "word": "balansera" } ] }, { "categories": [], "examples": [ { "text": "2014, Peter Melville Logan, Olakunle George, Susan Hegeman, The Encyclopedia of the Novel'\nthe Proteus Principle helps to qualify and balance the concepts of narrators and of narrative situations as previously developed in classical studies by G erard Genette and Franz Stanzel." } ], "glosses": [ "To make (concepts) agree." ], "id": "en-balance-en-verb-irHuc0yw", "raw_glosses": [ "(transitive, figurative) To make (concepts) agree." ], "tags": [ "figuratively", "transitive" ], "translations": [ { "_dis1": "1 82 2 1 2 2 6 0 1 2 1", "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to 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1 2 1", "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "uravnovéšivatʹ", "sense": "to make concepts agree", "tags": [ "imperfective" ], "word": "уравнове́шивать" }, { "_dis1": "1 82 2 1 2 2 6 0 1 2 1", "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "uravnovésitʹ", "sense": "to make concepts agree", "tags": [ "perfective" ], "word": "уравнове́сить" }, { "_dis1": "1 82 2 1 2 2 6 0 1 2 1", "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "to make concepts agree", "tags": [ "Cyrillic" ], "word": "балансирати" }, { "_dis1": "1 82 2 1 2 2 6 0 1 2 1", "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "to make concepts agree", "tags": [ "Roman" ], "word": "balansirati" } ] }, { "categories": [], "examples": [ { "text": "I balanced my mug of coffee on my knee.", "type": "example" }, { "text": "The circus performer balances a plate on the end of a baton.", "type": "example" } ], "glosses": [ "To hold (an object or objects) precariously; to support on a narrow base, so as to keep from falling." ], "id": "en-balance-en-verb-Iy9XVILK", "raw_glosses": [ "(transitive) To hold (an object or objects) precariously; to support on a narrow base, so as to keep from falling." ], "tags": [ "transitive" ], "translations": [ { "_dis1": "0 8 69 0 14 9 0 0 0 0 0", "code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "balansiram", "sense": "to hold precariously", "word": "балансирам" }, { "_dis1": "0 8 69 0 14 9 0 0 0 0 0", "code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "to hold precariously", "word": "equilibrar" }, { "_dis1": "0 8 69 0 14 9 0 0 0 0 0", "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to hold precariously", "word": "tasapainotella" }, { "_dis1": "0 8 69 0 14 9 0 0 0 0 0", "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to hold precariously", "word": "pitää tasapainossa" }, { "_dis1": "0 8 69 0 14 9 0 0 0 0 0", "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to hold precariously", "word": "balancieren" }, { "_dis1": "0 8 69 0 14 9 0 0 0 0 0", "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to hold precariously", "word": "im Gleichgewicht halten" }, { "_dis1": "0 8 69 0 14 9 0 0 0 0 0", "code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "isorropó", "sense": "to hold precariously", "word": "ισορροπώ" }, { "_dis1": "0 8 69 0 14 9 0 0 0 0 0", "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to hold precariously", "word": "tenere in equilibrio" }, { "_dis1": "0 8 69 0 14 9 0 0 0 0 0", "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to hold precariously", "word": "bilanciare" }, { "_dis1": "0 8 69 0 14 9 0 0 0 0 0", "code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to hold precariously", "word": "balansere" }, { "_dis1": "0 8 69 0 14 9 0 0 0 0 0", "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to hold precariously", "tags": [ "imperfective" ], "word": "balansować" }, { "_dis1": "0 8 69 0 14 9 0 0 0 0 0", "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to hold precariously", "word": "equilibrar" }, { "_dis1": "0 8 69 0 14 9 0 0 0 0 0", "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "to hold precariously", "tags": [ "Cyrillic" ], "word": 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Lee, “Sheltering in London Tube Stations”, in Railway Magazine, page 389", "text": "Mr. Morrison's ruling to reopen the station as a shelter was given after he had balanced the relative dangers of flooding and bombing.", "type": "quotation" } ], "glosses": [ "To compare in relative force, importance, value, etc.; to estimate." ], "id": "en-balance-en-verb-I-~PiuI7", "raw_glosses": [ "(transitive) To compare in relative force, importance, value, etc.; to estimate." ], "tags": [ "transitive" ] }, { "categories": [ { "kind": "topical", "langcode": "en", "name": "Dance", "orig": "en:Dance", "parents": [ "Art", "Recreation", "Culture", "Human activity", "Society", "Human behaviour", "All topics", "Human", "Fundamental" ], "source": "w" } ], "examples": [ { "text": "to balance partners", "type": "example" } ], "glosses": [ "To move toward, and then back from, reciprocally." ], "id": "en-balance-en-verb-SvDXOjEy", "links": [ [ "dance", "dance#Noun" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(transitive, dance) To move toward, and then back from, reciprocally." ], "tags": [ "transitive" ], "topics": [ "dance", "dancing", "hobbies", "lifestyle", "sports" ] }, { "categories": [ { "kind": "topical", "langcode": "en", "name": "Nautical", "orig": "en:Nautical", "parents": [ "Transport", "All topics", "Fundamental" ], "source": "w" } ], "examples": [ { "text": "to balance the boom mainsail", "type": "example" } ], "glosses": [ "To contract, as a sail, into a narrower compass." ], "id": "en-balance-en-verb-HjB~J7BI", "links": [ [ "nautical", "nautical" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(nautical) To contract, as a sail, into a narrower compass." ], "topics": [ "nautical", "transport" ], "translations": [ { "_dis1": "0 6 6 0 6 77 0 0 1 3 0", "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "nautical: to contract a sail", "word": "ottaa sisään" } ] }, { "categories": [], "examples": [ { "text": "This final payment, or credit, balances the account.", "type": "example" }, { "text": "to balance a set of books", "type": "example" } ], "glosses": [ "To make the credits and debits of (an account) correspond." ], "id": "en-balance-en-verb-Plwrqym9", "raw_glosses": [ "(transitive) To make the credits and debits of (an account) correspond." ], "tags": [ "transitive" ], "translations": [ { "_dis1": "2 22 2 2 1 1 38 0 27 3 1", "code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "pravja balans", "sense": "accounting: to make credits and debits correspond", "word": "правя баланс" }, { "_dis1": "2 22 2 2 1 1 38 0 27 3 1", "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "accounting: to make credits and debits correspond", "word": "tasapainottaa" }, { "_dis1": "2 22 2 2 1 1 38 0 27 3 1", "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "accounting: to make credits and debits correspond", "word": "apurer" }, { "_dis1": "2 22 2 2 1 1 38 0 27 3 1", "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "accounting: to make credits and debits correspond", "word": "bilanzieren" }, { "_dis1": "2 22 2 2 1 1 38 0 27 3 1", "code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "antistathmízo", "sense": "accounting: to make credits and debits correspond", "word": "αντισταθμίζω" }, { "_dis1": "2 22 2 2 1 1 38 0 27 3 1", "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "accounting: to make credits and debits correspond", "word": "conguagliare" }, { "_dis1": "2 22 2 2 1 1 38 0 27 3 1", "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "accounting: to make credits and debits correspond", "word": "pareggiare" }, { "_dis1": "2 22 2 2 1 1 38 0 27 3 1", "code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "accounting: to make credits and debits correspond", "word": "balansere" }, { "_dis1": "2 22 2 2 1 1 38 0 27 3 1", "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "accounting: to make credits and debits correspond", "tags": [ "imperfective" ], "word": "bilansować" }, { "_dis1": "2 22 2 2 1 1 38 0 27 3 1", "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "accounting: to make credits and debits correspond", "tags": [ "perfective" ], "word": "zbilansować" }, { "_dis1": "2 22 2 2 1 1 38 0 27 3 1", "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "accounting: to make credits and debits correspond", "word": "balancear" }, { "_dis1": "2 22 2 2 1 1 38 0 27 3 1", "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "accounting: to make credits and debits correspond", "tags": [ "Cyrillic" ], "word": "балансирати" }, { "_dis1": "2 22 2 2 1 1 38 0 27 3 1", "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "accounting: to make credits and debits correspond", "tags": [ "Roman" ], "word": "balansirati" }, { "_dis1": "2 22 2 2 1 1 38 0 27 3 1", "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "accounting: to make credits and debits correspond", "word": "hacer balance" }, { "_dis1": "2 22 2 2 1 1 38 0 27 3 1", "code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "accounting: to make credits and debits correspond", "word": "balansera" } ] }, { "categories": [], "glosses": [ "To be in equilibrium." ], "id": "en-balance-en-verb-9PIo8U5f", "links": [ [ "equilibrium", "equilibrium" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(intransitive) To 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}, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 4 0 1 0 91 1 3 0", "code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "be in equilibrium", "word": "vara i jämvikt" } ] }, { "categories": [], "glosses": [ "To have matching credits and debits." ], "id": "en-balance-en-verb-z3rhKMEt", "raw_glosses": [ "(intransitive) To have matching credits and debits." ], "tags": [ "intransitive" ], "translations": [ { "_dis1": "1 1 1 1 1 1 11 0 81 2 1", "code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "balansiran sǎm", "sense": "to have matching credits and debits", "word": "балансиран съм" }, { "_dis1": "1 1 1 1 1 1 11 0 81 2 1", "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to have matching credits and debits", "word": "olla tasapainossa" }, { "_dis1": "1 1 1 1 1 1 11 0 81 2 1", "code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "isoskelízo", "sense": "to have matching credits and debits", "word": "ισοσκελίζω" }, { "_dis1": "1 1 1 1 1 1 11 0 81 2 1", "code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "izmiruva", "sense": "to have matching credits and debits", "word": "измирува" }, { "_dis1": "1 1 1 1 1 1 11 0 81 2 1", "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to have matching credits and debits", "tags": [ "imperfective" ], "word": "bilansować się" }, { "_dis1": "1 1 1 1 1 1 11 0 81 2 1", "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to have matching credits and debits", "tags": [ "perfective" ], "word": "zbilansować się" } ] }, { "categories": [], "glosses": [ "To weigh in a balance." ], "id": "en-balance-en-verb-ajXlsZQ1", "links": [ [ "weigh", "weigh" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(transitive, obsolete) To weigh in a balance." ], "tags": [ "obsolete", "transitive" ] }, { "categories": [], "glosses": [ "To hesitate or fluctuate." ], "id": "en-balance-en-verb-QEVB-Kyv", "links": [ [ "hesitate", "hesitate" ], [ "fluctuate", "fluctuate" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(intransitive, obsolete) To hesitate or fluctuate." ], "tags": [ "intransitive", "obsolete" ] } ], "sounds": [ { "ipa": "/ˈbæləns/" }, { "rhymes": "-æləns" }, { "audio": "en-us-balance.ogg", 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"word": "mettre en balance" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "peser dans la balance" } ], "descendants": [ { "depth": 1, "templates": [ { "args": { "1": "ru", "2": "бала́нс", "bor": "1" }, "expansion": "→ Russian: бала́нс (baláns)", "name": "desc" } ], "text": "→ Russian: бала́нс (baláns)" }, { "depth": 1, "templates": [ { "args": { "1": "uk", "2": "бала́нс", "bor": "1" }, "expansion": "→ Ukrainian: бала́нс (baláns)", "name": "desc" } ], "text": "→ Ukrainian: бала́нс (baláns)" } ], "etymology_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "Inherited" }, "expansion": "Inherited", "name": "glossary" }, { "args": { "1": "fr", "2": "frm", "3": "balance", "4": "", "5": "", "g": "", "g2": "", "g3": "", "id": "", "lit": "", "nocat": "", "pos": "", "sc": "", "sort": "", "tr": "", "ts": "" }, "expansion": "Middle French balance", "name": "inh" }, { "args": { "1": "fr", "2": "frm", "3": "balance" }, "expansion": "Inherited from Middle French balance", "name": "inh+" }, { "args": { "1": "fr", "2": "fro", 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"synonyms": [ { "sense": "scales", "word": "pair of scales" }, { "sense": "scales", "word": "set of scales" }, { "sense": "scales", "word": "scales" }, { "sense": "scales", "word": "weighing machine" }, { "english": "for vehicles", "sense": "scales", "word": "weighbridge" }, { "sense": "equilibrium", "word": "equilibrium" }, { "sense": "support for both viewpoints", "word": "disinterest" }, { "sense": "support for both viewpoints", "word": "even-handedness" }, { "sense": "support for both viewpoints", "word": "fairness" }, { "sense": "support for both viewpoints", "word": "impartiality" }, { "sense": "support for both viewpoints", "word": "neutrality" }, { "sense": "support for both viewpoints", "word": "nonpartisanship" }, { "sense": "list of credits and debits", "word": "account" }, { "tags": [ "obsolete" ], "word": "balaunce" } ], "translations": [ { "code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "mental equilibrium", "tags": [ "common-gender" ], "word": "ligevægt" }, { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "mental equilibrium", "word": "tasapaino" }, { "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "mental equilibrium", "word": "kiegyensúlyozottság" }, { "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "mental equilibrium", "word": "lelki béke" }, { "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "mental equilibrium", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "equilibrio" }, { "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "mental equilibrium", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "punto di equilibrio" }, { "code": "enm", "lang": "Middle English", "sense": "mental equilibrium", "word": "balaunce" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "garmónija", "sense": "mental equilibrium", "tags": [ "figuratively" ], "word": "гармо́ния" }, { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "something of equal weight used to provide equilibrium", "word": "vastapaino" }, { "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "something of equal weight used to provide equilibrium", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "contrepoids" }, { "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "something of equal weight used to provide equilibrium", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "contrappeso" }, { "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "something of equal weight used to provide equilibrium", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "bilanciamento" }, { "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "something of equal weight used to provide equilibrium", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "balans" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "protivoves", "sense": "something of equal weight used to provide equilibrium", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "противовес" }, { "code": "sq", "lang": "Albanian", "sense": "awareness of both viewpoints", "word": "balancë" }, { "code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "balansíranost", "sense": "awareness of both viewpoints", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "баланси́раност" }, { "code": "cmn", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "zhōnglì", "sense": "awareness of both viewpoints", "word": "中立" }, { "code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "awareness of both viewpoints", "tags": [ "common-gender" ], "word": "afvejning" }, { "code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "awareness of both viewpoints", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "evenwicht" }, { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "awareness of both viewpoints", "word": "tasapuolisuus" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "awareness of both viewpoints", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "Ausgewogenheit" }, { "code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "isorropía", "sense": "awareness of both viewpoints", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "ισορροπία" }, { "code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "izún", "sense": "awareness of both viewpoints", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "איזון" }, { "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "awareness of both viewpoints", "word": "kiegyensúlyozottság" }, { "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "awareness of both viewpoints", "word": "elfogulatlanság" }, { "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "awareness of both viewpoints", "word": "semlegesség" }, { "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "awareness of both viewpoints", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "neutralità" }, { "alt": "ちゅうりつ", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "chūritsu", "sense": "awareness of both viewpoints", "word": "中立" }, { "code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "vramnoteženost", "sense": "awareness of both viewpoints", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "врамнотеженост" }, { "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "awareness of both viewpoints", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "equilíbrio" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "sbalansírovannostʹ", "sense": "awareness of both viewpoints", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "сбаланси́рованность" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "vzvéšennostʹ", "sense": "awareness of both viewpoints", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "взве́шенность" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "uravnovéšennostʹ", "sense": "awareness of both viewpoints", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "уравнове́шенность" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "baláns", "sense": "awareness of both viewpoints", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "бала́нс" }, { "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "awareness of both viewpoints", "tags": [ "Cyrillic", "feminine" ], "word": "равноте́жа" }, { "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "awareness of both viewpoints", "tags": [ "Roman", "feminine" ], "word": "ravnotéža" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "awareness of both viewpoints", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "equilibrio" }, { "code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "awareness of both viewpoints", "tags": [ "common-gender" ], "word": "avvägning" }, { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "overall result of conflicting forces", "word": "tasapaino" }, { "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "overall result of conflicting forces", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "equilibrio" }, { "code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "overall result of conflicting forces", "word": "hangarite" }, { "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "overall result of conflicting forces", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "bilans" }, { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "apparent harmony in art", "word": "tasapaino" }, { "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "apparent harmony in art", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "équilibre" }, { "code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "apparent harmony in art", "word": "seimbang" }, { "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "apparent harmony in art", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "equilibrio" }, { "code": "sq", "lang": "Albanian", "sense": "accounting: list of credits and debits", "word": "bilanc" }, { "code": "ar", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "raṣīd", "sense": "accounting: list of credits and debits", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "رَصِيد" }, { "code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "balans", "sense": "accounting: list of credits and debits", "word": "բալանս" }, { "code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "hašvekšiṙ", "sense": "accounting: list of credits and debits", "word": "հաշվեկշիռ" }, { "code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "balans", "sense": "accounting: list of credits and debits", "word": "баланс" }, { "code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "accounting: list of credits and debits", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "balanç" }, { "code": "cmn", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "accounting: list of credits and debits", "word": "結存" }, { "code": "cmn", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "jiécún", "sense": "accounting: list of credits and debits", "word": "结存" }, { "code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "accounting: list of credits and debits", "tags": [ "common-gender" ], "word": "balance" }, { "code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "accounting: list of credits and debits", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "balans" }, { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "accounting: list of credits and debits", "word": "tase" }, { "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "accounting: list of credits and debits", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "solde" }, { "code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "accounting: list of credits and debits", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "balance" }, { "code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "balansi", "sense": "accounting: list of credits and debits", "word": "ბალანსი" }, { "code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "saldo", "sense": "accounting: list of credits and debits", "word": "სალდო" }, { "code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "angariši", "sense": "accounting: list of credits and debits", "word": "ანგარიში" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "accounting: list of credits and debits", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "Bilanz" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "accounting: list of credits and debits", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "Saldo" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "accounting: list of credits and debits", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "Guthaben" }, { "code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "isozýgio", "sense": "accounting: list of credits and debits", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "ισοζύγιο" }, { "code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "ma'azán", "sense": "accounting: list of credits and debits", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "מאזן" }, { "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "accounting: list of credits and debits", "word": "mérleg" }, { "code": "io", "lang": "Ido", "sense": "accounting: list of credits and debits", "word": "bilanco" }, { "code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "accounting: list of credits and debits", "word": "balans" }, { "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "accounting: list of credits and debits", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "bilancio" }, { "code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "biláns", "sense": "accounting: list of credits and debits", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "била́нс" }, { "code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "saldo", "sense": "accounting: list of credits and debits", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "салдо" }, { "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "accounting: list of credits and debits", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "saldo" }, { "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "accounting: list of credits and debits", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "bilans" }, { "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "accounting: list of credits and debits", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "balanço" }, { "code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "accounting: list of credits and debits", "word": "bilanț" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "baláns", "sense": "accounting: list of credits and debits", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "бала́нс" }, { "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "accounting: list of credits and debits", "word": "bilancirati" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "accounting: list of credits and debits", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "balance" }, { "code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "accounting: list of credits and debits", "tags": [ "common-gender" ], "word": "balansräkning" }, { "code": "cmn", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "difference between credit and debit of an account", "word": "餘額" }, { "code": "cmn", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "yú'é", "sense": "difference between credit and debit of an account", "word": "余额" }, { "code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "difference between credit and debit of an account", "tags": [ "common-gender" ], "word": "saldo" }, { "code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "difference between credit and debit of an account", "word": "saldo" }, { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "difference between credit and debit of an account", "word": "saldo" }, { "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "difference between credit and debit of an account", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "solde" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "difference between credit and debit of an account", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "Saldo" }, { "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "difference between credit and debit of an account", "word": "egyenleg" }, { "code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "difference between credit and debit of an account", "word": "saldo" }, { "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "difference between credit and debit of an account", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "saldo" }, { "alt": "ざんがく", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "zangaku", "sense": "difference between credit and debit of an account", "word": "残額" }, { "code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "janaek", "sense": "difference between credit and debit of an account", "word": "잔액" }, { "code": "ms", "lang": "Malay", "sense": "difference between credit and debit of an account", "word": "baki" }, { "code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "difference between credit and debit of an account", "word": "toenga" }, { "code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "difference between credit and debit of an account", "word": "tapeke" }, { "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "difference between credit and debit of an account", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "saldo" }, { "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "difference between credit and debit of an account", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "bilans" }, { "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "difference between credit and debit of an account", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "saldo" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "sálʹdo", "sense": "difference between credit and debit of an account", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "са́льдо" }, { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "device that regulates the speed of a watch", "word": "liipotin" }, { "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "device that regulates the speed of a watch", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "balancier" }, { "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "device that regulates the speed of a watch", "word": "bilanciere" }, { "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "device that regulates the speed of a watch", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "balans" }, { "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "device that regulates the speed of a watch", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "balansjer" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "balansir", "sense": "device that regulates the speed of a watch", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "балансир" }, { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "remainder", "tags": [ "plural" ], "word": "loput" }, { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "remainder", "word": "loppuosa" }, { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "remainder", "word": "loppu" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "remainder", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "Rest" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "remainder", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "topics": [ "money", "finance", "business" ], 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"word": "equivalere" }, { "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to make concepts agree", "word": "coniugare" }, { "code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to make concepts agree", "word": "whakatautika" }, { "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to make concepts agree", "word": "equilibrar" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "uravnovéšivatʹ", "sense": "to make concepts agree", "tags": [ "imperfective" ], "word": "уравнове́шивать" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "uravnovésitʹ", "sense": "to make concepts agree", "tags": [ "perfective" ], "word": "уравнове́сить" }, { "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "to make concepts agree", "tags": [ "Cyrillic" ], "word": "балансирати" }, { "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "to make concepts agree", "tags": [ "Roman" ], "word": "balansirati" }, { "code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "balansiram", "sense": "to hold precariously", "word": "балансирам" }, { "code": "ca", "lang": 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"Portuguese", "sense": "to hold precariously", "word": "equilibrar" }, { "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "to hold precariously", "tags": [ "Cyrillic" ], "word": "балансирати" }, { "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "to hold precariously", "tags": [ "Roman" ], "word": "balansirati" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to hold precariously", "word": "equilibrar" }, { "code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to hold precariously", "word": "balansera" }, { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "nautical: to contract a sail", "word": "ottaa sisään" }, { "code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "pravja balans", "sense": "accounting: to make credits and debits correspond", "word": "правя баланс" }, { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "accounting: to make credits and debits correspond", "word": "tasapainottaa" }, { "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "accounting: to make credits and debits correspond", "word": "apurer" }, { 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