Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

overbalance

/ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈbæləns/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.47 in modern English

Syllables: over-bal-ance
IPA: /ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈbæləns/

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To be more important than; to outweigh.

verb

To cause an imbalance in (something) by means of excess weight or numbers.

Transitive verb

verb

To throw (someone or something) off balance; to cause to capsize.

Transitive verb

verb

To lose one's balance; to fall over.

Intransitive verb

noun

Excess of weight or value; something more than an equivalent.

Example Sentences

"I thought of giving up this club, which was expensive and of no service to me, and the amusement overbalanced by the late hours."
"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 […]"

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- Latin bilanx Vulgar Latin *bilancia Old French balancebor. Middle English balaunce English balance English overbalance From over- + balance.

Usage

Inflected Forms

overbalances (present, singular) overbalancing (participle, present) overbalanced (participle, past) overbalanced (past) overbalances (plural)

Synonyms

preponderate outweigh outbalance

Questions

How do you pronounce overbalance?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈbæləns/.
What does overbalance mean?: To be more important than; to outweigh.
Where does overbalance come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- Latin bilanx Vulgar Latin *bilancia Old French balancebor. Middle English balaunce English balance English overbalance From over- + balance.

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