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overbalance

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o·ver·bal·ance  (vr-blns)
v. o·ver·bal·anced, o·ver·bal·anc·ing, o·ver·bal·anc·es
v.tr.
1. To have greater weight or importance than.
2. To throw off balance.
v.intr.
To lose one's balance.
n. (vr-blns)
1. An excess in weight or quantity.
2. Something that overbalances or more than equals something else.

overbalance
vb [ˌəʊvəˈbæləns]
1. to lose or cause to lose balance
2. (tr) another word for outweigh
n [ˈəʊvəˌbæləns]
excess of weight, value, etc.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.overbalance - weigh more heavily; "these considerations outweigh our wishes"
dominate, predominate, prevail, reign, rule - be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance; "Money reigns supreme here"; "Hispanics predominate in this neighborhood"
2.overbalance - cause to be off balance; "It is not desirable to overbalance the budget"
account, calculate - keep an account of

overbalance
verb lose your balance, slip, tumble, tip over, topple over, take a tumble, lose your footing He overbalanced and fell headfirst.
Translations
overbalance [ˌəʊvəˈbæləns]
A. VI [person] → perder el equilibrio; [boat, car] → volcar
B. VT [+ person] → hacer perder el equilibrio; [+ thing] → hacer volcar

overbalance [ˌəʊvərˈbæləns] viperdre l'équilibre

overbalance [ˌəʊvəˈbæləns]
1. visbilanciarsi
2. vtsbilanciare

overbalance [ˌəʊvəˈbæləns]
1. visbilanciarsi
2. vtsbilanciare

overbalance
v overbalance [əuvəˈbaləns]
to lose balance and fall He overbalanced on the edge of the cliff and fell into the sea below. ewewig verloor يَفْقِدُ تَوازُنَه губя равновесие převážit se miste overbalancen das Übergewicht bekommen χάνω την ισορροπία μου perder el equilibrio tasakaalu kaotama از دست دادن تعادل و افتادن kaatua perdre l'équilibre לְאַבֵּד שׁיווּי מִשקָל सन्तुलन खोने से गिरना izgubiti ravnotežu, prevrnuti se elveszti egyensúlyát kehilangan keseimbangan missa jafnvægið perdere l'equilibrio, sbilanciarsi バランスを失わせる 균형을 잃고 넘어지다 netekti pusiausvyros zaudēt līdzsvaru hilang keseimbangan het evenwicht verliezen miste balansen stracić równowagę perder o equilíbrio a-şi pierde echilibrul потерять равновесие prevážiť sa izgubiti ravnotežje izgubiti ravnotežu tappa balansen ทำให้ไม่สมดุล dengesini yitirmek 使失去平衡 втратити рівновагу і впасти توازن بگڑنا mất thăng bằng 使


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Yet, for all his hardy sobriety and fortitude, there were certain qualities in him which at times affected, and in some cases seemed well nigh to overbalance all the rest.
In republics, persons elevated from the mass of the community, by the suffrages of their fellow-citizens, to stations of great pre-eminence and power, may find compensations for betraying their trust, which, to any but minds animated and guided by superior virtue, may appear to exceed the proportion of interest they have in the common stock, and to overbalance the obligations of duty.
The ancients were not always right in hiding -the goddess in a well; witness the light which Bacon has thrown upon philosophy; witness the principles of our divine faith -that moral mechanism by which the simplicity of a child may overbalance the wisdom of a man.
 
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