posture

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) The way a person holds and positions their body.
2. (countable, uncountable) A situation or condition.
3. (countable, uncountable) One's attitude or the social or political position one takes towards an issue or another person.
4. (countable, rare, uncountable) The position of someone or something relative to another; position; situation.

Verb

1. (intransitive) to put one's body into a posture or series of postures, especially hoping that one will be noticed and admired
2. (intransitive) to pretend to have an opinion or a conviction
3. (transitive) To place in a particular position or attitude; to pose.

Synonyms

pose

attitude

position

stance

manner

bearing

stand

carriage

gesture

appearance

physique

sit

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action

style

model

situation

standing

military strength

demeanor

military capability

form

attitudinize

military posture

shape

place

strength

locus

lay

lay down

layout

lay out

layover

leap

line

locate

looks

manifest

mannerism

motion

move

mutiny

outline

outlook

prance

put

put down

put on airs

rank

rebellion

revolt

Translations

position

Haltung

postura

posture

postura

postura

posição

Körperhaltung

attitude

postura

houding

duruş

atitude

Stellung

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpɒstʃə/

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French posture, from Italian postura, from Latin positūra (“position, situation”). Doublet of positura.