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UK
/pˈɒstʃɐ/
]
[ US /ˈpɑstʃɝ/ ]
[ US /ˈpɑstʃɝ/ ]
VERB
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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!
NOUN
- a rationalized mental attitude
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capability in terms of personnel and materiel that affect the capacity to fight a war
we faced an army of great strength
politicians have neglected our military posture -
characteristic way of bearing one's body
stood with good posture -
the arrangement of the body and its limbs
he assumed an attitude of surrender
How To Use posture In A Sentence
- Overextension in the lower back results in this 'duck-like' posture. Times, Sunday Times
- His posture improved so much that his clothes no longer fit.
- The basic principle is to keep an upright, erect posture.
- The government has adopted an aggressive posture on immigration.
- He had a swashbuckling posture; but such was his powerful physique and piercing look, it seemed natural rather than boastful or proud. Seminary Boy
- Given the completely negative associations nihilism has for many of us, simply to have it redefined as a theological posture is worth the price of the book.
- But her body-language seems to go beyond that into "domineering" posture, which turns me off without regard to gender or creed. Weird twitches
- My usual aftershow posture was a position I call Transcension: prone on bed with bottle (s) of beer and good sounds on the box, friends in the room, TV on, sound off. ɘloЯ
- The relationship between body posture and suppressed past trauma or emotions was touched on in the section dealing with cervical reintegration.
- Often, the muscles used to maintain body posture are affected, namely the muscles in the neck, shoulders, and pelvic girdle, including the upper trapezius, scalene, sternocleidomastoid, levator scapulae, and quadratus lumborum.
