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OUTBALANCE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does outbalance mean?
• OUTBALANCE (verb)
The verb OUTBALANCE has 1 sense:
1. weigh more heavily
Familiarity information: OUTBALANCE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Conjugation: |
Present simple: I / you / we / they outbalance ... he / she / it outbalances
Past simple: outbalanced
Past participle: outbalanced
-ing form: outbalancing
... he / she / it outbalances Past simple: outbalanced
Past participle: outbalanced
-ing form: outbalancing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Weigh more heavily
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
outbalance; outweigh; overbalance; preponderate
Context example:
these considerations outweigh our wishes
Hypernyms (to "outbalance" is one way to...):
dominate; predominate; prevail; reign; rule (be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
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