Meaning

4 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The way a person holds and positions their body.

    characteristic way of bearing one's body

  2. (countable, uncountable)A situation or condition.

  3. (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.

  4. (countable, rare, uncountable)The position of someone or something relative to another; position; situation.

    Haltung

    по́заpóza, оса́нкаosánka

    поста́ваpostáva, стату́раstatúra, оса́нкаosánka

Examples

41 sentences
  1. Your posture makes you look shorter than you really are.

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  2. Tom has good posture.

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  3. Yoga can improve your posture.

    ruЙога может исправить твою осанку.

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  4. Poor posture can cause many problems.

    Неправильна постава може спричинити багато проблем.

    ruНеправильная осанка может стать причиной многих проблем.

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  5. This slouched posture lowers your testosterone.

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Translations

8 languages
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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: postures
Singularposture
Pluralpostures

regular

Synonyms

9 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

13 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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