"balanced" meaning in English

See balanced in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈbælənst/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-balanced.wav Forms: more balanced [comparative], most balanced [superlative]
Rhymes: -ælənst Head templates: {{en-adj}} balanced (comparative more balanced, superlative most balanced)
  1. Containing elements in appropriate proportion; proportionately weighted on all dimensions and therefore unlikely to tip over. Translations (even): πάρισος (párisos) (Ancient Greek), уравновесен (uravnovesen) (Bulgarian), equilibrat (Catalan), vyvážený (Czech), vyrovnaný (Czech), rovnovážný (Czech), vybalancovaný (Czech), evenwichtig (Dutch), uitgewogen (Dutch), gebalanceerd (Dutch), tasakaalustatud (Estonian), tasapainoinen (Finnish), tasapuolinen (Finnish), équilibré (French), kiegyensúlyozott (Hungarian), seimbang (Malay), echilibrat (Romanian), сбалансированный (sbalansirovannyj) (Russian), uravnòtēžen (Serbo-Croatian), equilibrado (Spanish), збалансо́ваний (zbalansóvanyj) (Ukrainian)
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Verb

IPA: /ˈbælənst/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-balanced.wav
Rhymes: -ælənst Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} balanced
  1. simple past and past participle of balance Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: balance
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          "word": "nonbalanced"
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          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "uravnovesen",
          "sense": "even",
          "word": "уравновесен"
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          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "even",
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          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "even",
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "even",
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          "code": "cs",
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          "sense": "even",
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          "code": "cs",
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          "sense": "even",
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          "code": "nl",
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          "sense": "even",
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "even",
          "word": "uitgewogen"
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          "code": "nl",
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          "sense": "even",
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          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "even",
          "word": "tasakaalustatud"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "even",
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "even",
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          "code": "grc",
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          "roman": "párisos",
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
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          "word": "kiegyensúlyozott"
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          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "even",
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          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
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          "code": "ru",
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          "roman": "sbalansirovannyj",
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          "word": "сбалансированный"
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          "code": "sh",
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          "code": "es",
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          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
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          "sense": "even",
          "word": "збалансо́ваний"
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