balanced
/ˈbalənst
/adjective
1Keeping or showing a balance; in good proportions: she assembled a balanced team...
- We have brought more youngsters into the team and the team has a more balanced look about it.
- Maintaining a consistent roster from year to year and signing players of similar ethnic backgrounds has helped to produce one of the most balanced, fluid teams in the world.
- It enables a balanced workload within the team and, as outlined in IBM's proposal request, is transparent to the end users.
1.1Taking everything into account; fairly judged or presented: accurate and balanced information...
- Glenny does his best to combat stereotyping and present a balanced, analytical account.
- In doing so, the author presents a balanced account of the successes and the failures of Italy's greatest prime minister of the twentieth century.
- The site purports to be a balanced presentation of information about New Zealand's future energy needs and how we might solve them.
Synonyms
fair, equitable, just, unbiased, unprejudiced, objective, impartial, dispassionate, in proportion, that takes everything into account
1.2(Especially of food) having different elements in the correct proportions: a healthy, balanced diet...
- Traditional, organic soy foods, incorporated into a varied, balanced diet, are healthy.
- Many health experts encourage people to incorporate soy foods into a balanced diet and discourage solely taking soy supplements.
- We ensured that he ate small amounts of good food in a balanced diet, drank lots of water and took only two supplements every day - a multivitamin/mineral tablet as well as a gram of vitamin C.
Synonyms
mixed, varied;
healthy, sensible, well balanced
1.3(Of a person or state of mind) having no emotion too strong or too weak; stable: a balanced personality...
- Matchmakers must avoid trying to take advantage of this situation to push services or to charge prices that would not interest the client if he or she were in a more balanced state of mind.
- Despite my rude disappointment as a child, I turned out a balanced person with realistic expectations.
- After their bath I sat on Zoe's bed and I told them both that being proud of oneself was the bedrock of a balanced personality.
Synonyms
level-headed, well balanced, well adjusted, sensible, practical, realistic, with one's/both feet on the ground, prudent, circumspect, pragmatic, wise, reasonable, rational, mature, stable, sane, even-tempered, commonsensical, full of common sense, judicious, sound, sober, businesslike, reliable, dependable;
calm, cool, collected, composed, {cool, calm, and collected}, serene, relaxed, at ease, confident, equable, unworried, unmoved, unemotional, cool-headed, imperturbable
informal together, laid-back, unflappable
1.4(Of an electric circuit or signal) being symmetrical with respect to a reference point, usually earth.The voltage value is set to provide a balanced ion condition in the work space near the electrical ionizer....
- It is based on solenoid injectors with balanced valve and feedback control strategies.
- These two elements must combine in a ratio of 1: 3 to give an electrically balanced compound.
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