overbalance
/ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈbæləns/
overbalance verb: to be more important than; to outweigh.
Verb
overbalance (third-person singular simple present overbalances, present participle overbalancing, simple past and past participle overbalanced)
- To be more important than; to outweigh.
- I thought of giving up this club, which was expensive and of no service to me, and the amusement overbalanced by the late hours.1793, James Boswell, in Danziger & Brady (eds.), Boswell: The Great Biographer (Journals 1789–1795), Yale 1989, p. 225
- To cause an imbalance in (something) by means of excess weight or numbers.
- To throw (someone or something) off balance; to cause to capsize.
- To lose one's balance; to fall over.
Noun
IPA/ˈəʊvə(ɹ)ˌbæləns/
overbalance (plural overbalances)
- Excess of weight or value; something more than an equivalent.
- an overbalance of exports
- […] if there is in man's nature a tendency to guilt and ill desert in a vast overbalance to virtue and merit […]a. 1758, Jonathan Edwards, Original Sin
overbalance meaning in Malayalam
overbalance in Malayalam
- തൂക്കത്തിൽ കൂടുക, സമനില നഷ്ടപ്പെടുക
Forms of overbalance
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | overbalances |
| present participle | overbalancing |
| past participle | overbalanced |
| past | overbalanced |
| Noun | |
| plural | overbalances |
Origin of overbalance
From over- + balance.
Questions about overbalance
- What does overbalance mean?
- Overbalance means to be more important than; to outweigh.
- What is overbalance in Malayalam?
- Overbalance in Malayalam is തൂക്കത്തിൽ കൂടുക, സമനില നഷ്ടപ്പെടുക. See Overbalance meaning in Malayalam.
- What part of speech is overbalance?
- Overbalance can be a verb or a noun.
- How do you pronounce overbalance?
- Overbalance is pronounced /ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈbæləns/.
- What is the past tense of overbalance?
- The past tense of overbalance is overbalanced.
Words near overbalance in the dictionary
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