Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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be | No | No | Yes | No |
balance | Yes | No | Yes | No |
be (noun) | balance (noun) |
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a scale for weighing; depends on pull of gravity | |
a weight that balances another weight | |
a wheel that regulates the rate of movement in a machine; especially a wheel oscillating against the hairspring of a timepiece to regulate its beat | |
harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design) | |
(mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane | |
equality between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account | |
the difference between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account | |
something left after other parts have been taken away | |
equality of distribution | |
a state of equilibrium |
be (verb) | balance (verb) |
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spend or use time | hold or carry in equilibrium |
work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function | compute credits and debits of an account |
have an existence, be extant | bring into balance or equilibrium |
have life, be alive | be in equilibrium |
form or compose | |
have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun) | |
occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere | |
be identical to; be someone or something | |
be identical or equivalent to | |
represent, as of a character on stage | |
be priced at | |
to remain unmolested, undisturbed, or uninterrupted -- used only in infinitive form |