Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to balance
Participle: balanced
Gerund: balancing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | balance |
| you | balance |
| he;she;it | balances |
| we | balance |
| you | balance |
| they | balance |
Perfect
| I | have balanced |
| you | have balanced |
| he;she;it | has balanced |
| we | have balanced |
| you | have balanced |
| they | have balanced |
Past
| I | balanced |
| you | balanced |
| he;she;it | balanced |
| we | balanced |
| you | balanced |
| they | balanced |
Pluperfect
| I | had balanced |
| you | had balanced |
| he;she;it | had balanced |
| we | had balanced |
| you | had balanced |
| they | had balanced |
Future
| I | will balance |
| you | will balance |
| he;she;it | will balance |
| we | will balance |
| you | will balance |
| they | will balance |
Future Perfect
| I | will have balanced |
| you | will have balanced |
| he;she;it | will have balanced |
| we | will have balanced |
| you | will have balanced |
| they | will have balanced |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | balance |
| you | balance |
| he;she;it | balance |
| we | balance |
| you | balance |
| they | balance |
Perfect
| I | have balanced |
| you | have balanced |
| he;she;it | have balanced |
| we | have balanced |
| you | have balanced |
| they | have balanced |
Imperfect
| I | balanced |
| you | balanced |
| he;she;it | balanced |
| we | balanced |
| you | balanced |
| they | balanced |
Pluperfect
| I | had balanced |
| you | had balanced |
| he;she;it | had balanced |
| we | had balanced |
| you | had balanced |
| they | had balanced |
Conditional
Present
| I | would balance |
| you | would balance |
| he;she;it | would balance |
| we | would balance |
| you | would balance |
| they | would balance |
Perfect
| I | would have balanced |
| you | would have balanced |
| he;she;it | would have balanced |
| we | would have balanced |
| you | would have balanced |
| they | would have balanced |
Imperative
| you | balance |
| we | Let's balance |
| you | balance |
Verbs conjugated like 'balance'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'balance'
valance,
bedance,
belace,
blanch,
blanco,
elance,
glance,
lance,
palace,
rebalance,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to bring to an equipoise; to bring into equilibrium
- counterbalance, equilibrate, equilibrize, equipoise, poise
- compare
- reconcile, compute, adjust, estimate, weigh, assay, prove
- compensate
- equalize, readjust, counteract, offset, counterbalance, neutralize
- equalize
- poise, adjust, steady, stabilize, set, even, square, level
Antonyms
- to bring to an equipoise; to bring into equilibrium
- disequilibrate, fall over, lose one's balance, misbalance, overbalance, overpoise, unbalance
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁
3. Proto-Indo-European *dwi-
4. Proto-Italic *dwi-
5. Latin bi-
6. Latin lanx
7. Latin bilanx
8. Vulgar Latin *bilancia
9. Old French balancebor.
10. Middle English balaunce
11. English balance
12. From Middle English balaunce, from Old French balance, from Late Latin *bilancia, from (accusative form of) Latin bilanx (“two-scaled”), from bi- + lanx (“plate, scale”).
13. Displaced the word — Old English wǣġ akin to Modern English: wey from Proto-West Germanic *wāgu (“scales; weight”).
Sample Sentences
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[...] boys, with glistening black eyes and fat shining cheeks, were busy in superintending the first walking operations of the baby, which, as is usually the case, consisted in getting up on its feet, balancing a moment, and then tumbling down,—each successive failure being violently cheered, as something decidedly clever.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] It was between six and seven o’clock in the evening, when we drove to the hotel: in front of which, and on the top of the broad flight of steps leading to the door, two or three citizens were balancing themselves on rocking-chairs, and smoking cigars. We found it a very large and elegant establishment, and were as well entertained as travellers need desire to be. The climate being a thirsty one, [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)