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balance

/ˈbal(ə)ns/

US pronunciation
American sound/ˈbal(ə)ns/
balance
Syllables
2 syllables
Stress
1st syllable stress
Vowel
Schwa vowel
Ending
Final e often stays silent

ba - lance -> balance

Myanmar meaning

(n) ချိန်ခွင်။ခန္ဓာကိုယ်အနေအထား ဟန်ချက်။စိတ်တည်ငြိမ်မှု။စာရင်းလက်ကျန်။လက်ကျန်ငွေ။ (v) ငွေစာရင်းကိုက်ညှိသည်။ငြိမ်အောင်ထားသည်။

Full entry

balance /'bælǝns/ n

၁။ [U, sing] (က) ~ (in sth/ between A and B) နှစ်ဖက်ညီမျှမှု။ Try to achieve a proper balance between work and play. ❍ This newspaper maintains a good balance in its presentation of different opinions. (ခ) ချိန်ညီခြင်း။ All the parts of the building are in perfect balance. ❍ The painting has a good balance of shapes and colours.
၂။ [U] (က) ဟန်ချက်။ Skiers need a good sense of balance. ❍ It is difficult to keep your balance on an icy pavement. ❍ She cycled too fast round the corner, lost her balance and fell off. (ခ) စိတ် တည်ငြိမ်မှု။ His wife's sudden death upset the balance of his mind.
၃။ [C usu sing ] (finance ) စာရင်းလက်ကျန်။ လက်ကျန်ငွေ။ check one's bank balance (ie find out how much money there is in one's account).
၄။ (က) [C usu sing ] ကြွေးကျန်။ The balance (of $500) will be paid within one week. (ခ) the balance [sing] (ပစ္စည်း စသည်) လက်ကျန်။ The balance of your order will be supplied when we receive fresh stock. ❍ When will you take the balance of your annual leave? ❍ REST2
၅။ [C] ချိန်ခွင်။ ❍ SCALE3
v
၁။ (က) ငြိမ်အောင်ထားသည်။ ဟန်ချက်ညီအောင်ထားသည်။ a clown balancing a stick on the end of his nose.
(ခ) ဟန်ချက်ညီအောင် ထိန်းသည်။ He balanced precariously on the narrow window-ledge. ❍ How long can you balance on one foot?
၂။ (finance ) (က) ငွေစာရင်းကိုက်ညှိ သည်။ balance an account/ the books ❍ balance the budget (ie to arrange for income and spending to be equal). (ခ) ရငွေသုံးငွေ ကိုက်ညှိသည်။ ညီသည်။ Do the firm's accounts balance?
(ဂ) ထေမိသည်။ This year's profits will balance our previous losses. ❍ (fig ) His lack of experience was balanced by a willingness to learn.
၃။ ~ A against B ချိန်ထိုးကြည့်သည်။ ချိန်တွက်ကြည့် သည်။ She balanced the attractions of a high salary against the prospect of working long hours.
၄။ အညီအမျှ အလေးထားသည်။ This school aims to balance the amount of time spent on arts and science subjects.
❏ balanced adj တည်ငြိမ်သော။ မျှတသော။
a balanced state of mind (ie one in which no single emotion is too strong) ❍ a balanced decision (ie one reached after comparing all the arguments) ❍ a balanced diet (ie one with the quantity and variety of food needed for good health).
❏ balance of payments n [sing] ပြည်ပငွေပေးငွေယူ ရှင်းတမ်း လက်ကျန်။
a healthy balance-of-payments position.
❏ balance of power n [sing]
၁။ အင်အားချိန်ခွင်။
၂။ (politics ) (အင်အားကြီးအုပ်စုချင်း ချိန်ခွင်ညှာ ညီ နေသည့်အခါ တွင်) ချိန်ခွင်ညှာမဲတင်း ပေးနိုင် သော တတိယအင်အားစု။ Since the two main parties each won the same number of seats, the minority party holds the balance of power. ❍ The three branches of the government ensure a balance of power.
❏ balance of trade n [sing] ကုန်သွယ်ရေး မဲတင်းမှု။ a balance-of-trade deficit (ie when a country's exports are worth less than its imports).
❏ balance sheet n ငွေလက်ကျန်ရှင်းတမ်း။ ငွေစာရင်း ရှင်းတမ်း။
❏ balancing act n နှစ်ဖက်ကျေနပ်အောင် လိမ္မာ ပါးနပ်စွာ ညှိခြင်း။ ရှဉ့်လည်းလျှောက်သာ၊ ပျားလည်းစွဲသာအောင်လုပ် နိုင်ခြင်း။ A delicate balancing act is needed in order to satisfy the two sides.
❏ (be/ hang) in the balance [IDM ] မရေမရာ အခြေအနေ။ ရင်တမမအခြေအနေ။ The future of the project is (hanging) in the balance.
❏ (catch/ throw sb) off balance [IDM ] ဟန်ချက် ပျက်သည်။ ယိုင်သွားသည်။ I was caught off balance by the sudden wind and nearly fell. ❍ (fig ) The senator was clearly caught off balance by the unexpected question.
❏ on balance [IDM ] (infml ) အဘက်ဘက်ကခြုံ ကြည့်လိုက် ရင်။ Despite some failures, our firm has had quite a good year on balance.

More examples
  • An ear infection is affecting his balance.
  • [lose your balance] : He lost his balance and tipped backwards in the chair.
  • [keep your balance] : She grabbed at him to keep her balance.
  • [balance between] : It can be hard to find the right balance between advising your children and controlling them.
  • [balance of] : A healthy diet is about getting the correct balance of a variety of foods.
  • [strike a balance] : We’re trying to strike a balance between fun and learning.
  • [upset/alter the balance] : These creatures have upset the delicate ecological balance in the lake.
  • [balance to] : His conservatism is the perfect balance to her outgoing personality.
  • The current balance in your account is £1, 182.
  • You pay a deposit now and the balance in 12 months.
  • The balance of public opinion was against the proposal.
  • [tilt/shift the balance] : The balance has shifted in favour of the president.
  • [balance of] : You can use the balance of the time to finish the assignment.
  • She quickly recovered her balance after the outburst.
Synonyms
equilibrium, poise, sense of balance, stability, steadiness, accord, adjust, antithesis, assess, attune, audit, balance out, calculate, cancel, collate, come out, come out even, compare, compensate, composure, compute, consider, correspond, correspondence, count, counteract, counterbalance, deliberate, difference, dividend, enumerate, equalize, equanimity, equate, equity, equivalence, estimate, evaluate, even, even out, even up, even-steven, evenness, excess, figure, hang, harmonize, harmony, hold steady, keep in place, keep steady, keep upright, level, maintain equilibrium, make up for, match, neutralize, nullify, offset, oppose, pair off, parallel, parity, profit, proportion, readjust, redeem, remainder, residual, residue, rest, self-control, self-possession, set, set of scales, settle, square, stabilize, stasis, stay poised, steadfastness, steady, sum up, surplus, symmetry, tally, tension, tie, total, unconsumed, vestigal, weigh, weigh up, weighing machine, weighing scale, weighing scales, what's left
Antonyms
agitation, aid, approve, assist, base, core, differ, difference, disagree, discomposure, disproportion, estimate, forfeit, guess, help, imbalance, inequality, instability, lose, noncomposure, overbalance, subtract, support, unbalance, unevenness, unsteadiness, wobble
Cross references
equilibriumpoisesense of balancestabilitysteadinessaccordadjustantithesisassessattuneauditbalance outcalculatecancelcollatecome outcome out evencomparecompensatecomposurecomputeconsidercorrespondcorrespondencecountcounteractcounterbalancedeliberate
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