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stance
[ stans ]
/ stƦns /
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noun
the position or bearing of the body while standing: legs spread in a wide stance; the threatening stance of the bull.
a mental or emotional position adopted with respect to something: They assumed an increasingly hostile stance in their foreign policy.
Sports. the relative position of the feet, as in addressing a golf ball or in making a stroke.
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Origin of stance
1525ā35; <Old French estance (standing) position <Vulgar Latin *stantia, derivative of Latin stant- (stem of stÄns), present participle of stÄre to stand
Words nearby stance
stamping ground, stamp mill, stamp out, stamp tax, stan, stance, stanch, stanchion, stanchless, stan culture, stand
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British Dictionary definitions for stance
stance
/ (stƦns, stÉĖns) /
noun
the manner and position in which a person or animal stands
sport the posture assumed when about to play the ball, as in golf, cricket, etc
general emotional or intellectual attitudea leftist stance
Scot a place where buses or taxis wait
mountaineering a place at the top of a pitch where a climber can stand and belay
Word Origin for stance
C16: via French from Italian stanza place for standing, from Latin stÄns, from stÄre to stand
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