Balancing

noun, verb

noun, verb ·3 syllables ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An action wherein someone balances or something is balanced

    "In other places of the holy writings the Almighty is described as weighing the mountains in scales, making the weight for the winds, knowing the balancings of the clouds; and, in others, as weighing the actions of men, and laying their calamities together in a balance."

  2. 2
    getting two things to correspond wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of balance form-of, gerund, participle, present

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adversativeadverseadversiveallegoryamendatoryamends

Example

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"The government will have much trouble balancing the needs of its younger population with the requirements of the old people."

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balancing actzero balancing

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