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Meaning of posture in English
Pronunciation
/ˈpɑstʃər/
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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 »
2.
assume a posture as for artistic purposes
Examples
« We don't know the woman who posed for Leonardo so often »
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 »
2.
characteristic way of bearing one's body
Examples
« stood with good posture »
3.
a rationalized mental attitude
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 »