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posture
noun
1 posture
The arrangement of the body and its limbs.
synonyms: attitude, position.
Roget 8:
circumstance,
situation,
phase,
position,
posture,
attitude,
place,
point;
terms;
regime;
footing,
standing,
status.
occasion,
juncture,
conjunctive;
contingency
etc.
(event)
151.
predicament;
emergence,
emergency;
exigency,
crisis,
pinch,
pass,
push;
occurrence;
turning point.
bearings,
how the land lies.
surroundings,
context,
environment
232;
location
184.
contingency,
dependence
(uncertainty)
475;
causation
153,
attribution
155.
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Roget 183:
situation,
position,
locality,
locale,
status,
latitude and longitude;
footing,
standing,
standpoint,
post;
stage;
aspect,
attitude,
posture,
pose.
environment,
surroundings
(location)
184;
circumjacence
etc.
227†.
place,
site,
station,
seat,
venue,
whereabouts;
ground;
bearings
etc.
(direction)
278;
spot
etc.
(limited space)
182.
topography,
geography,
chorography†;
map
etc.
554.
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Roget 240:
form,
figure,
shape;
conformation,
configuration;
make,
formation,
frame,
construction,
cut,
set,
build,
trim,
cut of one's jib;
stamp,
type,
cast,
mold;
fashion;
contour
etc.
(outline)
230;
structure
etc.
329;
plasmature†.
feature,
lineament,
turn;
phase
etc.
(aspect)
448;
posture,
attitude,
pose.
[Science of form]
morphism.
[Similarity of form]
isomorphism.
forming
etc.
v.;
formation,
figuration,
efformation†;
sculpture;
plasmation†.
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Dutch: houding, pose, positie, stand
Polish: układ ciała, pozycja, poza
2 posture
Characteristic way of bearing one's body:
— Stood with good posture.
synonyms: bearing, carriage.
Dutch: houding
3 posture
4 posture
verb
1 posture
Behave affectedly or unnaturally in order to impress others:
— She postured and made a total fool of herself.
synonym: pose.
2 posture
Assume a posture as for artistic purposes.
synonyms: model, pose, sit.
Dutch: poseren
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