Dictionary

unbalance en · VERB

Pronunciation

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• /ʌnˈbæləns/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- Latin bilanx Vulgar Latin *bilancia Old French balancebor. Middle English balaunce English balance English unbalance From un- + balance.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To cause to be out of balance.
   • If you put that weight on the edge of the tray, it will unbalance it and dump all of the dishes on the floor.
   • Or, finally, might our awful situation prey upon and unbalance our minds? A group of insane folk upon a dead world! 1913, Arthur Conan Doyle, “(please specify the page)”, in The Poison Belt […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:

Forms

Translations (10)

la commoveō (to cause to be out of balance) · es desequilibrar (to cause to be out of balance) · ga éagothromaigh (to cause to be out of balance) · bg изваждам от равновесие (to cause to be out of balance) · tr dengesizlik (to cause to be out of balance) · io desequilibrigar (to cause to be out of balance) · it sbilanciare (to cause to be out of balance) · fr déséquilibrer (to cause to be out of balance) · fr désaxer (to cause to be out of balance) · it squilibrare (to cause to be out of balance)