Posture definition
An example of posture is standing straight.
The nation's posture in the world economy.
A sitting posture; the posture of a supplicant.
Stooped posture.
Assumed a posture of angry defiance.
Adjusting the government's defense posture.
A dog's submissive posture.
A sitting posture; the posture of a supplicant.
Stooped posture.
The politicians couldn't really care less about the issue: they're just posturing for the media.
To posture oneself; to posture a model.
A dog's submissive posture.
An army that was postured for defense.
The delicate posture of foreign affairs.
The posture of the buildings on the land.
The photographer postured the model.
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Noun
Origin of posture
- French from Italian postura from Latin positūra position from positus past participle of pōnere to place apo- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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