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bal·anced
 balanced
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- pronunciation:
- bae
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 nst
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adjective |
| definition 1: |
If something is balanced, it does not go to an extreme. If you have a balanced opinion, your opinion does not go too far in one or the other direction.
The newspaper tries to present a balanced view of events that are happening.- similar words:
- straight
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| definition 2: |
If something has all the right amounts of its different things, we say that it is balanced.
Our doctor says that, to have a balanced diet, people need to eat plenty of different fruits and vegetables and not too many things like crackers and cookies.Your picture doesn't look balanced. It has too many things on the left side and not enough on the right side. |
| related words: |
equal, firm, steady |
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