posed

American  

[pohzd] / poʊzd /

adjective

1. (of a photograph, portrait, etc.) taken or made by first placing the subjects in a particular position or attitude.

   The only posed photographs are the formal ones following the wedding ceremony.

   Antonyms:

   unposed, natural, candid

2. asserted, stated, or put forward.

   A panel of invited experts will present scientific evidence pertinent to the posed questions.

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verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of pose.

Etymology

Origin of posed

First recorded in 1825–35; pose ¹ + -ed ² ( def. ) for the adjective senses; pose ¹ + -ed ¹ ( def. ) for the verb sense

Example Sentences

The authority warned the incident posed a potential risk to the local environment and has led to a complex clean-up operation.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

Financial pros have long urged investors to hold diversified portfolios—and the risk posed by stock indexes’ persistently heavy tech stock concentration has amplified those calls.

From Barron's • Apr. 15, 2026

A New York Times report describes the moment as heralding “cyberthreats posed by artificial intelligence.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

The comment from Tobias Adrian, who heads the IMF’s Monetary and Capital Markets Department, comes after months of debate over the risk posed to the global financial system by private-credit issues.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 14, 2026

In a way they posed a fresh danger as they passed workers and couriers from other underground groups coming and going on the narrow stairs.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom