posture
The way a person holds and positions their bodyThe way a person holds and positions their body.
» Your posture makes you look shorter than you really are.
Meaning
4 senses(countable, uncountable)The way a person holds and positions their body.
characteristic way of bearing one's body
(countable, uncountable)A situation or condition.
(countable, uncountable)One's attitude or the social or political position one takes towards an issue or another person.
1651, Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan ...that is, their Forts, Garrisons, and Guns upon the Frontiers of their Kingdomes; and continuall Spyes upon their neighbours; which is a posture of War.
(countable, rare, uncountable)The position of someone or something relative to another; position; situation.
Haltung
по́заpóza, оса́нкаosánka
поста́ваpostáva, стату́раstatúra, оса́нкаosánka
Examples
41 sentencesYour posture makes you look shorter than you really are.
Tom has good posture.
Yoga can improve your posture.
ruЙога может исправить твою осанку.
Poor posture can cause many problems.
Неправильна постава може спричинити багато проблем.
ruНеправильная осанка может стать причиной многих проблем.
This slouched posture lowers your testosterone.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from Middle French posture, from Italian postura, from Latin positūra (“position,Borrowed from Middle French posture, from Italian postura, from Latin positūra (“position, situation”). Doublet of positura.
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Forms
plural: posturesSynonyms
9 synonyms- the arrangement of the body and its limbs:positionattitude
- characteristic way of bearing one's body:carriagebearing
- a rationalized mental attitude:positionstance
- capability in terms of personnel and materiel that affect the capacity to fight a war:military capabilitymilitary strengthstrengthmilitary posture
Word family
13 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable