counterbalance
Americannoun
verb (used with or without object)
noun
verb
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Conjugated Forms
Present
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have counterbalancedperfect
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has counterbalancedperfect 3rd person singular
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have been counterbalancingperfect progressive
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are counterbalancingprogressive
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has been counterbalancingperfect progressive 3rd person singular
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am counterbalancingprogressive 1st person singular
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is counterbalancingprogressive 3rd person singular
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counterbalancessingular 3rd person
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counterbalancingparticiple
Past
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had counterbalancedperfect
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had been counterbalancingperfect progressive
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was counterbalancingprogressive singular
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were counterbalancingprogressive plural
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counterbalancedparticiple
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counterbalancedsimple
Future
Etymology
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Example Sentences
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“Badlands,” where Springsteen exhorts, “talk about a dream, try to make it real,” comes after “Tom Joad” as a counterbalance to the tale of hope and despair that precedes it.
From Salon • May 28, 2026
Noting that this year, professional juries were returning to the semi-finals as a counterbalance to the public vote, "we have one of the most safest, secure and fair voting systems," he told reporters.
From Barron's • May 11, 2026
Over the past year, some stores raised prices, cut costs and canceled plans to counterbalance more expensive imports.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 1, 2026
They also sought better relations with the US as a counterbalance to their dependence on China, at a time when the Obama administration was making its celebrated "pivot" to Asia.
From BBC • Jan. 14, 2026
This, he wrote, made it more important than ever to provide a counterbalance of “dense, broad, luxuriant green bodies of foliage.”
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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