balance of power in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for balance of power in the English»French Dictionary

I.balance [Brit ˈbal(ə)ns, Am ˈbæləns] N

1. balance (stable position):

balance lit, fig

II.balance [Brit ˈbal(ə)ns, Am ˈbæləns] VB trans

III.balance [Brit ˈbal(ə)ns, Am ˈbæləns] VB intr

I.course [Brit kɔːs, Am kɔrs] N

2. course (route):

cap m
to be on or hold or steer a course AVIAT, NAUT
to change course AVIAT, NAUT
to set (a) course for AVIAT, NAUT

II.course [Brit kɔːs, Am kɔrs] VB trans HUNT

III.course [Brit kɔːs, Am kɔrs] VB intr

of [Brit ɒv, (ə)v, Am əv] PREP

See also late, old

I.late [Brit leɪt, Am leɪt] ADJ

1. late (after expected time):

tardif/-ive

2. late (towards end of day, season, life etc):

tardif/-ive
tardif/-ive

II.late [Brit leɪt, Am leɪt] ADV

2. late (towards end of time period):

à tout à l'heure!

I.old [Brit əʊld, Am oʊld] N The irregular form vieil of the adjective vieux/vieille is used before masculine nouns beginning with a vowel or a mute ‘h’.

III.old [Brit əʊld, Am oʊld] ADJ

2. old (of a particular age):

I.all [Brit ɔːl, Am ɔl] PRON

1. all (everything):

II.all [Brit ɔːl, Am ɔl] DET

III.all [Brit ɔːl, Am ɔl] ADV

IV.all [Brit ɔːl, Am ɔl] N

2. all+ (in the highest degree) → all-consuming

XVI.all [Brit ɔːl, Am ɔl]

it's all go inf here! Brit
it's all up with us inf Brit
all in Brit sl
all in Brit sl

See also worst, thing, place, people, best, bad, all-important, all-embracing, all-consuming

I.worst [Brit wəːst, Am wərst] N

1. worst (most difficult, unpleasant):

le/la pire m/f

II.worst [Brit wəːst, Am wərst] ADJ superlative of bad

III.worst [Brit wəːst, Am wərst] ADV

IV.worst [Brit wəːst, Am wərst] VB trans form

I.thing [Brit θɪŋ, Am θɪŋ] N

1. thing (object):

truc m inf
à quoi sert ce truc? inf

2. thing (action, task, event):

3. thing (matter, fact):

the thing is, (that) …
ce qu'il y a, c'est que
ce qu'il y a de bien, c'est que

2. things (situation, circumstances, matters):

III.thing [Brit θɪŋ, Am θɪŋ]

to make a big thing (out) of it inf

I.place [Brit pleɪs, Am pleɪs] N

1. place (location, position):

2. place (town, hotel etc):

IV.place [Brit pleɪs, Am pleɪs] VB trans

I.people [Brit ˈpiːp(ə)l, Am ˈpipəl] N (nation) gens is masculine plural and never countable (you CANNOT say ‘trois gens’). When used with gens, some adjectives such as vieux, bon, mauvais, petit, vilain placed before gens take the feminine form: les vieilles gens.

II.people [Brit ˈpiːp(ə)l, Am ˈpipəl] N npl

1. people:

gens mpl

III.people [Brit ˈpiːp(ə)l, Am ˈpipəl] VB trans liter

I.best [Brit bɛst, Am bɛst] N

II.best [Brit bɛst, Am bɛst] ADJ superlative of good

1. best (most excellent or pleasing):

III.best [Brit bɛst, Am bɛst] ADV

best superlative of well

IV.best [Brit bɛst, Am bɛst] VB trans (defeat, outdo)

II.bad <comp worse, superl worst> [Brit bad, Am bæd] ADJ

1. bad (poor, inferior, incompetent, unacceptable):

bad attr joke
not bad inf

III.bad [Brit bad, Am bæd] ADV inf esp Am

I.late [Brit leɪt, Am leɪt] ADJ

1. late (after expected time):

tardif/-ive

2. late (towards end of day, season, life etc):

tardif/-ive
tardif/-ive

II.late [Brit leɪt, Am leɪt] ADV

2. late (towards end of time period):

à tout à l'heure!

I.power [Brit ˈpaʊə, Am ˈpaʊ(ə)r] N

II.power [Brit ˈpaʊə, Am ˈpaʊ(ə)r] VB trans

See also nuclear-powered

balance of power in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for balance of power in the English»French Dictionary

of [əv, stressed: ɒv] PREP

I.power [ˈpaʊəʳ, Am ˈpaʊɚ] N

II.power [ˈpaʊəʳ, Am ˈpaʊɚ] VB intr (move)

III.power [ˈpaʊəʳ, Am ˈpaʊɚ] VB trans

balance of power Glossary « Intégration et égalité des chances » courtesy of the French-German Youth Office

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These tools are completely altering the former balance of power between corporations and consumers.
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It established a balance of power and spheres of influence.
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Their current foothold on the mainland has tipped the balance of power in favor of this ancient empire.
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Such knowledge race may be either a means of asserting political independence or of generating a sudden gap in the geopolitical balance of power.
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By contrast, the balance of power is largely reversed in baseball.
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These determinants include uncertainty about the balance of power, opponents resolve as well as policy dissimilarities between competing states.
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Often the northern islands in the country compete against the southern islands with the center holding the balance of power.
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To accomplish this, a new balance of power had to be established.
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There eventually evolved an international balance of power that held at bay a great conflagration until years later.
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Following the election he held the balance of power in the assembly.
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