EQUILIBRATE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (verb)

Verb forms

Present simple: I / you / we / they equilibrate ... he / she / it equilibrates

Past simple: equilibrated

Past participle: equilibrated

-ing form: equilibrating

Sense 1

Meaning:

Bring to a chemical stasis or equilibrium

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "equilibrate" is one way to...):

change state; turn (undergo a transformation or a change of position or action)

Domain category:

chemical science; chemistry (the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

equilibrium (a chemical reaction and its reverse proceed at equal rates)

equilibrium (equality of distribution)

equilibrium (a stable situation in which forces cancel one another)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Bring into balance or equilibrium

Example:

balance the two weights

Synonyms:

balance; equilibrate; equilibrise; equilibrize

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Hypernyms (to "equilibrate" is one way to...):

fit; match (make correspond or harmonize)

Verb group:

balance; poise (hold or carry in equilibrium)

balance (be in equilibrium)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "equilibrate"):

complement (make complete or perfect; supply what is wanting or form the complement to)

compensate; correct; counterbalance; even off; even out; even up; make up (adjust for)

cancel; offset; set off (make up for)

countervail; offset (compensate for or counterbalance)

trim (balance in flight by regulating the control surfaces)