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US
/ˈpoʊz/
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[ UK /pˈəʊz/ ]
[ UK /pˈəʊz/ ]
VERB
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introduce
This poses an interesting question -
be a mystery or bewildering to
Got me--I don't know the answer!
This beats me!
a vexing problem
This question really stuck me -
pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions
She posed as the Czar's daughter -
assume a posture as for artistic purposes
We don't know the woman who posed for Leonardo so often -
behave affectedly or unnaturally in order to impress others
She postured and made a total fool of herself
Don't pay any attention to him--he is always posing to impress his peers! -
put into a certain place or abstract location
Place emphasis on a certain point
Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children
Set the tray down
Put your things here
NOUN
- a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display
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affected manners intended to impress others
don't put on airs with me - a posture assumed by models for photographic or artistic purposes
How To Use pose In A Sentence
- WorldCom promises not to impose a minimum call charge and no set up or monthly rental fee.
- Gone was the prim nodus; instead her long hair was parted in the center and allowed to fall loose under a veil, in a deliberate echo of the statuary poses of classical goddesses. Caesars’ Wives
- Band leader, Ray Blue, is also a composer, arranger and performer on tenor, alto and soprano saxophones.
- But for the watermark, the thickness of the paper and the missing security thread, the note, reportedly obtained from a private bank, looked like genuine currency for all practical purposes.
- The tax assessor determined that the property was subject to taxation based on its infrequent use for religious purposes. Christianity Today
- This proposed procurement is a continuation of an existing contractual agreement for the developed prototype NASA Student Ambassadors Virtual Community (NSAVC) web site. ... Curious Virtual Community Procurement - NASA Watch
- Mass culture is supposedly a leveler and globalizer - by definition, we all share mass cultural references.
- The formation of coral terraces is interpreted as the product of approximately uniform long-term uplift superimposed on eustatic changes in sea level.
- The term "strategic" came up again earlier this year, when Ontario's provincial government set up a committee to debate a proposed merger between London Stock Exchange Group PLC and TMX Group Inc., operator of Canada's flagship Toronto Stock Exchange. Canada Turns Wary Eye to Foreign Bids
- The language is amusingly flowery and the overall tone one of purposeful pleasure. Times, Sunday Times