balanced
Americanadjective
-
fairly or equally containing a diversity of views, aspects, ingredients, activities, etc..
The course provides a balanced program of study in painting, design, sculpture, and ceramics.
Some newspapers provided more balanced coverage of the conflict.
-
being in harmonious or proper arrangement or adjustment, proportion, etc..
These guidelines will help beginning photographers achieve a balanced composition in each shot.
- Synonyms:
- evenhanded, impartial, just, equitable, fair
-
(of a budget) showing enough revenue or income to cover all expenses.
Our newly formed Finance Council will promote a balanced budget and long-range financial planning.
-
(of an investment portfolio) including investments of a variety of types or in a variety of sectors so as to maximize returns with a manageable level of risk.
Stocks can help you achieve a balanced portfolio when combined with fixed-income investments such as bonds.
-
Football. pertaining to or noting an offensive line formation having three linemen on each side of the center.
adjective
-
having weight evenly distributed; being in a state of equilibrium
-
(of a person) mentally and emotionally stable
-
(of a discussion, programme, etc) presenting opposing points of view fairly and without bias
-
(of a diet) consisting of all essential nutrients in suitable form and amounts to maintain health
-
(of a budget) having expenditure no greater than income
-
electronics (of signals or circuitry) symmetrically disposed about earth or other reference potential
-
(of a chemical equation) having the correct relative number of moles of reactants and products
Other Word Forms
- self-balanced adjective
Etymology
Origin of balanced
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Last Sunday’s debacle in an uninspiring and ugly loss to a higher-seeded, more aggressive, more talented and more balanced Celtics team seemed to expose all the flaws that plague this struggling and inconsistent Lakers team.
From Los Angeles Times
The returns of pace bowlers and spinners have been far more balanced at Mumbai's Wankhede Stadium, compared with Colombo where spin has dominated.
From BBC
An adult male medium was seen floating across a sixty-foot space balanced only on another man’s fingertips.
From Literature
He said that Germany sought a more balanced relationship with China but added, “it would be a mistake to link this with a decoupling from China.“
"China has risen to the ranks of the major powers," Merz said just before leaving Berlin Tuesday, stressing that "we want a partnership with China that is balanced, reliable, regulated and fair".
From Barron's
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
