Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Assured; composed.
- adj. Held balanced or steady in readiness: stood poised for the jump.
Wiktionary
- adj. Possessing poise, having self-confidence.
- adj. Ready, prepared.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. in full control of your faculties
- adj. marked by balance or equilibrium and readiness for action
Examples
“And if the cover art foreshadows the style of this gargantuan cotton-candy novel, the title poised between horse and skyline suggests the allusive, striving nature of the themes to come: Shakespeare's romance of resurrection will be only the most conspicuous swatch in a patchwork of Renaissance fairy tale, Victorian saga, Vonnegutian fable, and dreamy surrealism in the Latin American manner.”
“Press-Register – Insight: Baldwin poised to deal with stormwater runoff”
“Size doesn't matter: these tiny fruit flies are once again poised to take on the world.”
“USATODAY. com - Swimmer Coughlin poised for pedestal”
“Needless to state, the firelocks were all "poised" -- whatever that may be -- and, led by Allen, a rush was made, the sentry overpowered, and soon the gallant "83" were standing back to back on the parade-ground within the fort, their muskets levelled at the two barracks which, filled with sleeping soldiers, faced each other.”
“Though The Matarese Circle is poised from the get-go to reach a different box office level than Cronenberg’s previous works, it continues the director’s path away from hardcore genre classics like Videodrome, Scanners, Crash and The Fly.”
David Cronenberg in Talks to Direct The Matarese Circle Starring Denzel Washington | /Film
“The barbarian watched the grisly scene play out as he stood breathing heavily with the great sword poised to strike yet again if need be.”
“The next time you see a crazed individual bearing down on YOU with a samurai sword poised and ready to inflict horrible injuries please, take time to see things from his perspective.”
“The other, he who had struck the leader, tensed, his sword poised to fen any possible blow.”
“Reuters: "Senator Edward Kennedy's death marks the twilight of one of America's most fabled political families, with no heirs to the Kennedy name poised to emerge with the same mix of gravitas, ambition and celebrity.”
Danny Groner: What Is Ted Kennedy Remembered For? A Look at the Initial News Reports
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘poised’.
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hunting
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Dominant/Submissive
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(more or less) Temporary Urth List
Temporary list is temporary.
Collecting a few words here, which are then to be alloted to other lists.vassal, gnaw, putrescence, liege, pederasty, disseminate, loot, waning, fitful, hiatuse, plow, pious and 292 more...
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sloth, jackass, dickhead, technostalgic, futuristic, enigma, impact, addict, nasty, premium, extraordinaire, yearning and 262 more...
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practice 1
daily practice
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harveythechainsaw's Words
lickspittle, syllogism, redounds, boffo, maw, flibbertigibbet, elan, phalanx, plinth, wonk, janjaweed, madreporic and 142 more...
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SAT Words
bigot, counterfeit, abhor, talisman, remuneration, placid, noxious, kindle, hamper, enfranchise, tangent, renown and 278 more...
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Go over
mollify, obstinate, obviate, occlude, onerous, obscure, paragon, pedantic, perfunctory, placate, placid, prodigal and 364 more...
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Bram Stoker's Dracula
Words used in Bram Stoker's Dracula.
decadence, emancipation, nostalgia, abounded, modernity, revolution, famine, conservative, privy, vied, nascent, correspondence and 211 more...
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complicated words
mire, mirth, misapplication, reluctant, aghast, surreptitiously, wares, abashed, leap, dash, peer, tangle and 107 more...
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useful vocab
pysmatic, relentless, storge, preamble, oscillate, itinerary, frolic, frolicsome, abdicate, frolicking, divergent, abnegate and 312 more...
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8/9/10 Tooth and Nail
boisterous, accosted, impeccably, amiable, indifferent, animosity, exploit, alluring, placid, poised, beguiling, vitality and 35 more...
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halo's Words
throat, shimmer, dusk, coil, fingertips, lush, skin, spine, collarbone, whisper, breathe, spill and 55 more...
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Poetrie: Forgetfulness
Forgetfulness
by Billy Collins
The name of the author is the first to go
followed obediently by the title, the plot,
the heartbreaking conclusion, the entire novel ...poem, drifted, battle, bicycle, oblivion, mythological, obscure, poised, address, memorize, quadratic equation, muses and 8 more...
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