posture

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  1. noun A position of the body or of body parts: a sitting posture.
  2. noun An attitude; a pose: assumed a posture of angry defiance.
  3. noun A characteristic way of bearing one's body; carriage: stood with good posture.
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  • You should care about your posture -- this is not right. —  Yossi Vardi fights local warming
  • Her posture, her expression, the way she moved her hands, even the texture and lines of her face—all of them were totally different. —  Angelmass
  • Instinctively she analyzed his posture, his expression, his tone. —  Sophie
  • Stand in the correct posture, that is, with your toes pointed out in front of you, your knees relaxed and your feet at hip distance. —  MyLinkVault Newest Links
  • I can no longer blame being addicted to the Internet for my posture issues. —  Beyond the Rhetoric
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pose ·  stance ·  attitude ·  mood ·  aspect ·  demeanor ·  behaviour ·  gait ·  accent ·  grin ·  fashion ·  situation

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posture:   posturing ·  postures ·  postured
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. French, from Italian postura, from Latin positūra, position, from positus, past participle of pōnere, to place; see apo- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Formerly also positure (from L.); from French posture = Spanish postura, positura = Portuguese postura = Italian postura, positura, from Latin positura, position, posture: see positure.
  2. from posture, n.
 

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