Past tense of balance
regular verb
The past tense of balance is balanced. The past participle is also balanced.
Forms of balance
| Base form (V1) | balance /ˈbæləns/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | balanced /ˈbælənst/ |
| Past participle (V3) | balanced /ˈbælənst/ |
| Present participle | balancing |
| Third person singular | balances |
Balanced in a sentence
- She balanced along the wire while the crowd watched in rapt attention.
- I balanced my mug of coffee on my knee.
- He believed he rarely got sick because of his balanced diet.From the entry balanced
- She eats a balanced diet, but takes vitamin pills anyway, to cover her bases.From the entry cover one's bases
- The red-black tree is a balanced binary search tree that has quite fast insert and delete operations and is always sorted.From the entry search tree
Meaning of balance
- noun A state in which opposing forces harmonise; equilibrium.
- noun Mental equilibrium; mental health; calmness, a state of remaining clear-headed and unperturbed.
- noun Something of equal weight used to provide equilibrium; counterweight.
Questions about the past tense of balance
- What is the past tense of balance?
- The past tense of balance is balanced.
- What is the past participle of balance?
- The past participle of balance is balanced.
- Is balance a regular or irregular verb?
- Balance is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: balance (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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