Meaning

5 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The position of the body or way of carrying oneself.

    The ballet dancer walked with a graceful attitude.

    Haltung

    по́заpóza, оса́нкаosánka, пози́цияpozícija

  2. (countable, figuratively, uncountable)A disposition or state of mind.

    Don't give me your negative attitude.

    You've got a nice attitude today.

    Einstellung, Attitüde

    отноше́ниеotnošénije

    ста́вленняstávlennja, відно́шенняvidnóšennja

  3. (Canada, Philippines, UK, US, countable, informal, uncountable)Unpleasant behavior.

    He doesn't take attitude from anybody.

    I asked the waiter for a clean fork and all I got was attitude.

  4. (countable, uncountable)The orientation of a vehicle or other object relative to the horizon, direction of motion, other objects, etc.

    The airliner had to land with a nose-up attitude after the incident.

    Orientierung, Ausrichtung

    position of aircraft or spacecraft relative to a frame of reference (the horizon or direction of motion)

  5. (countable, uncountable)A position similar to an arabesque, but with the raised leg bent at the knee.

Examples

388 sentences
  1. Tom needs to change his attitude.

    Тому потрібно змінити своє ставлення. — deniko

    ruТому нужно изменить своё отношение. — odexed

    deTom muss seine Einstellung ändern. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. My attitude towards him changed.

    Моє відношення до нього змінилося. — Ostrovska

    ruМоё отношение к нему изменилось. — axxeny

    deMeine Einstellung ihm gegenüber hat sich geändert. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. Tom has a wonderful attitude.

    Том має чудову можливість. — triantafillou

  4. She may not like his attitude.

  5. I'm fed up with your attitude.

Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
disposition or state of mind:
Русский
By meaning 2
position of the body or way of carrying oneself:
disposition or state of mind:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
position of the body or way of carrying oneself:
disposition or state of mind:
orientation of a vehicle:

Origin

From French attitude, from Italian attitudine (“attitude, aptness”), from Medieval Latin a

From French attitude, from Italian attitudine (“attitude, aptness”), from Medieval Latin aptitūdō (“aptitude”) and actitūdō (“acting, posture”), from Latin aptō and actitō. Doublet of aptitude.

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Forms

plural: attitudes
Singularattitude
Pluralattitudes

regular

Synonyms

8 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways:mental attitude
  • the arrangement of the body and its limbs:positionposture

Word family

17 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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