balanced

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbælənst/

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• Rhymes: -ælənst
• Hyphenation: bal‧anced

Verb

balanced

1. simple past and past participle of balance

Adjective

balanced (comparative more balanced, superlative most balanced)

1. Containing elements in appropriate proportion; proportionately weighted on all dimensions and therefore unlikely to tip over.

   He believed he rarely got sick because of his balanced diet.

Derived terms

• balanced budget
• balanced category
• balanced diet
• balancedness
• contrabalanced
• dysbalanced
• gender-balanced
• imbalanced
• inbalanced
• nonbalanced
• unbalanced
• underbalanced
• well-balanced

 

Translations

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• Bulgarian: уравновесен (bg) (uravnovesen)
• Catalan: equilibrat (ca)
• Czech: vyvážený (cs), vyrovnaný, rovnovážný, vybalancovaný
• Dutch: evenwichtig (nl), uitgewogen (nl), gebalanceerd (nl)
• Estonian: tasakaalustatud
• Finnish: tasapainoinen, tasapuolinen (fi)
• French: équilibré (fr)
• Greek:

  Ancient: πάρισος (párisos)

• Hungarian: kiegyensúlyozott (hu)
• Malay: seimbang (ms)
• Romanian: echilibrat (ro)
• Russian: сбалансированный (ru) (sbalansirovannyj)
• Serbo-Croatian: uravnòtēžen (sh)
• Spanish: equilibrado (es)
• Ukrainian: збалансо́ваний (zbalansóvanyj)