Meaning of posture in English

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Verb
posture
Definitions
1. behave affectedly or unnaturally in order to impress others
Examples
- « Don't pay any attention to him--he is always posing to impress his peers! »
- « She postured and made a total fool of herself »
Derived terms
2. assume a posture as for artistic purposes
Examples
- « We don't know the woman who posed for Leonardo so often »
Derived terms
Noun
posture
Etymology
late 16th century (denoting the relative position of one thing to another): from French, from Italian postura, from Latin positura‘position’, from posit-‘placed’, from the verb ponere
Definitions
1. position or arrangement of the body and its limbs
Examples
- « he assumed an attitude of surrender »
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2. characteristic way of bearing one's body
Examples
- « stood with good posture »
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3. a rationalized mental attitude
Derived terms
- stand
4. capability in terms of personnel and materiel that affect the capacity to fight a war
Examples
- « we faced an army of great strength »
- « politicians have neglected our military posture »

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