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Meaning of "imbalance" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF IMBALANCE

imbalance  [ɪmˈbæləns] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF IMBALANCE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Imbalance is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES IMBALANCE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Balance

Balance, balanced or balancing may refer to: ▪ Balance in biomechanics ▪ Balance ▪ Balance or weighing scale ▪ Equilibrioception, the physiological sense of balance...

Definition of imbalance in the English dictionary

The definition of imbalance in the dictionary is a lack of balance, as in emphasis, proportion, etc.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH IMBALANCE


ambulance
ˈæmbjʊləns
balance
ˈbæləns
Ballance
ˈbæləns
counterbalance
ˈkaʊntəˌbæləns
equibalance
ˌiːkwɪˈbæləns
excellence
ˈɛksələns
microbalance
ˈmaɪkrəʊˌbæləns
misbalance
ˌmɪsˈbæləns
outbalance
ˌaʊtˈbæləns
overbalance
ˌəʊvəˈbæləns
prevalence
ˈprevələns
rebalance
riːˈbæləns
silence
ˈsaɪləns
surveillance
sɜːˈveɪləns
thermobalance
ˌθɜːməʊˈbæləns
turbulence
ˈtɜːbjʊləns
unbalance
ʌnˈbæləns
valance
ˈvæləns
valence
ˈveɪləns
violence
ˈvaɪələns

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE IMBALANCE

imbalanced
imbecile
imbecilely
imbecilic
imbecilically
imbecility
imbed
imbedded
imbedding
imbibe
imbiber
imbibition
imbizo
Imbolc
Imbolg
imbricate
imbricated
imbricately
imbrication

WORDS THAT END LIKE IMBALANCE

account balance
advance
air ambulance
at a glance
bank balance
elance
freelance
glance
in the balance
lance
on balance
opening balance
parlance
resemblance
semblance
strike a balance
the Balance
trade balance
trial balance
video surveillance
work/life balance

Synonyms and antonyms of imbalance in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «IMBALANCE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «imbalance» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of imbalance

Translation of «imbalance» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF IMBALANCE

Find out the translation of imbalance to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of imbalance from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «imbalance» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

不平衡
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

desequilibrio
570 millions of speakers

English

imbalance
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

असंतुलन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الخلل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

дисбаланс
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

desequilíbrio
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অমিল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

déséquilibre
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ketidakseimbangan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Unausgeglichenheit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

不均衡
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

불균형
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ora seimbang
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự mất cân bằng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஏற்றத்தாழ்வு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

असंतुलन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

dengesizlik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

squilibrio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

nierównowaga
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

дисбаланс
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

dezechilibru
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ανισορροπία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

wanbalans
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

obalans
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ubalanse
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of imbalance

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «IMBALANCE»

The term «imbalance» is very widely used and occupies the 4.934 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «IMBALANCE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about imbalance

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10 QUOTES WITH «IMBALANCE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word imbalance.
1
Ani DiFranco
You can't start with imbalance and end with peace, be that in your own body, in an ecosystem or between a government and its people. What we need to strive for is not perfection, but balance.
2
Carrie Fisher
I have a chemical imbalance that, in its most extreme state, will lead me to a mental hospital.
3
Patty Griffin
There's an imbalance when if a woman goes out for a walk at 3 in the morning and something happens to her it was somehow her fault, and with a man that's not true.
4
John Gutfreund
Proprietary stock-index arbitrage is but one aspect of program trading. Arbitrage will take place whenever there is an imbalance created in one or more markets that are similar.
5
Jamie Johnson
I had hoped that foreboding economic circumstances would have caused the ultra-rich to think not just of themselves and increasing their own personal affluence. Unfortunately, however, too many of them lack concern, and without this concern, the divisive imbalance will only worsen with recession.
6
Margot Kidder
There's a new science out called orthomolecular medicine. You correct the chemical imbalance with amino acids and vitamins and minerals that are naturally in the body.
7
Irving Kirsch
The one thing we do know is that the chemical imbalance theory - the theory that people get depressed when they don't have enough serotonin in their brain - we know that that's wrong.
8
Lydia Lunch
I believe happiness is a chemical imbalance - it's a silly thing to strife for. But satisfaction - if you seek satisfaction, you can succeed. Satisfaction is knowing that you're doing the best that you can do; you're living your life to the fullest.
9
Peter Orszag
Well, a deficit reflects an imbalance between spending and revenue, and so narrowing it requires acting on one, the other or both.
10
Plutarch
An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «IMBALANCE»

Discover the use of imbalance in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to imbalance and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Chemical Imbalance: A Jekyll and Hyde Play
A hilarious sendup of idiotic architect-speak, and a reminder of the gap between the public's demand that buildings be ever more exciting and entertaining, and their need to fulfill certain practical functions.
Lauren Wilson, 2008
2
Imbalance
The Jarada are a mysterious race of insectoid being with an extreme devotion to protocol.
V.E. Mitchell, 2000
3
The Consequences of Chromosome Imbalance: Principles, ...
This book considers chromosome imbalance which affects all stages of life in ways ranging from spontaneous abortion and retardation to behavioural problems and malignancy.
Charles J. Epstein, 2007
4
A Peculiar Imbalance: The Fall and Rise of Racial Equality ...
History professor William Green unearths the untold stories of African Americans and contrasts their experiences with those of Indians, mixed bloods, and Irish Catholics.
William Davis Green, 2007
5
A Perilous Imbalance: The Globalization of Canadian Law and ...
Through an examination of Canadians' complicated roles as agentsand objects of globalization, this book shows how Canada'sexperience of and contribution to globalized governance ischaracterized by serious imbalances.
Stepan Wood, 2009
6
Advances in Water-Electrolyte Imbalance Research and ...
Advances in Water-Electrolyte Imbalance Research and Treatment: 2011 Edition is a ScholarlyEditions™ eBook that delivers timely, authoritative, and comprehensive information about Water-Electrolyte Imbalance.
‎2012
7
Fluent Bodies: Ayurvedic Remedies for Postcolonial Imbalance
Langford pulls the reader into a new understanding of the nuanced relationships between history, nation, modernity, clinical debate, and the practices of Ayurveda.
Jean Langford, 2002
8
Virtuous Imbalance: Political Philosophy between ...
Virtuous Imbalance: Political Philosophy between Desirability and Feasibility assesses three paradigmatic cases to explore and explain political philosophy's attempts to answer this important question.
Professor Francesca Pasquali, 2012
9
The Chromosomal Imbalance Theory of Cancer: The ...
Exploring the chromosomal imbalance (aneuploidy) theory of cancer, this volume describes how cancer is initiated and why progression takes years to decades.
David Rasnick, 2011
10
Advances in Acid-Base Imbalance Research and Treatment: 2011 ...
Advances in Acid-Base Imbalance Research and Treatment: 2011 Edition is a ScholarlyBrief™ that delivers timely, authoritative, comprehensive, and specialized information about Acid-Base Imbalance in a concise format.
‎2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «IMBALANCE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term imbalance is used in the context of the following news items.
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The foreign student trade imbalance | Columns | hdnews.net
If I wait to return to the United States in late July or August, I will have to pay hundreds of dollars more in airfare. There are more than 270,000 ... «Hays Daily News, Jul 15»
2
Rs. 12000-cr. plan over next four years to correct regional imbalance
Despite spending a whopping Rs. 14,635 crore under the Special Development Plan (SDP) for eradicating regional imbalances during ... «The Hindu, Jul 15»
3
The foreign student trade imbalance
If I wait to return to the United States in late July or August, I will have to pay hundreds of dollars more in airfare. There are more than 270,000 ... «Leader and Times, Jul 15»
4
Joondalup's gender imbalance
JOONDALUP has the fourth lowest percentage of women elected to local government, according to a recent report. Figures in the latest ... «Community Newspaper Group, Jul 15»
5
Karabakh: Mediators concerned over possible military imbalance in …
The situation in the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict zone is apparently aggravating. The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group have been in ... «ArmeniaNow.com, Jul 15»
6
Imbalance at UMSU
There's a power imbalance within the University of Manitoba Students' Union (UMSU) between UMSU Council and the executive. Though ... «The Manitoban, Jul 15»
7
Income imbalance in USA
Recently, I came across an AFP news report which states that the US economy needs to prop up the income of the poorer section of its society. «The Daily Star, Jul 15»
8
A Simple Exam Protocol to Assess Lower-Extremity Imbalance
Any structural imbalance – such as an anatomical leg-length inequality, pes planus, etc. – requires compensating movements in the lower extremities and pelvis ... «Dynamic Chiropractic, Jul 15»
9
Fighting the gender imbalance in the North East's digital scene
In the digital sector in particular, the gender imbalance remains pronounced, with recent research from The Chartered Institute for IT and ... «ChronicleLive, Jul 15»
10
HCM City succeeds in reducing gender imbalance at birth
HCM City has been successful in controlling gender imbalance at birth with a sex ratio of 106 to107 boys per 100 girls a year in the last four ... «VietNamNet Bridge, Jul 15»

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