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Meaning of 'posture' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Posture [ n.]
- The position of the body; the situation or disposition of the several parts of the body with respect to each other, or for a particular purpose; especially (Fine Arts), the position of a figure with regard to the several principal members by which action is expressed; attitude.
- Place; position; situation.
- State or condition, whether of external circumstances, or of internal feeling and will; disposition; mood; as, a posture of defense; the posture of affairs.
2 . Posture [ v. i.]
- To assume a particular posture or attitude; to contort the body into artificial attitudes, as an acrobat or contortionist; also, to pose.
- Fig.: To assume a character; as, to posture as a saint.
3 . Posture [ v. t.]
- To place in a particular position or attitude; to dispose the parts of, with reference to a particular purpose; as, to posture one's self; to posture a model.

Meaning of 'posture' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . posture [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the arrangement of the body and its limbs
Example in sentence:
  • he assumed an attitude of surrender
Meaning (2):
- capability in terms of personnel and materiel that affect the capacity to fight a war
Example in sentence:
  • politicians have neglected our military posture;
  • we faced an army of great strength
Meaning (3):
- characteristic way of bearing one's body
Example in sentence:
  • stood with good posture
4 . posture [ v]
Meaning (4):
- behave affectedly or unnaturally in order to impress others
Example in sentence:
  • Don't pay any attention to him--he is always posing to impress his peers!;
  • She postured and made a total fool of herself
Meaning (5):
- assume a posture as for artistic purposes
Example in sentence:
  • We don't know the woman who posed for Leonardo so often

Nearby Words:

pose posed poser posied posies posing posingly posit posited positing

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