Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Assured; composed.
- adjective Held balanced or steady in readiness.
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- adjective Possessing
poise , having self-confidence . - adjective Ready, prepared.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective in full control of your faculties
- adjective marked by balance or equilibrium and readiness for action
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Examples
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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.
Small Expectations Rubins, Josh 1983
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Press-Register – Insight: Baldwin poised to deal with stormwater runoff
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Size doesn't matter: these tiny fruit flies are once again poised to take on the world.
Fruit flies poised to take on world Maxine 2007
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Size doesn't matter: these tiny fruit flies are once again poised to take on the world.
Fruit flies poised to take on world Maxine 2007
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Size doesn't matter: these tiny fruit flies are once again poised to take on the world.
November 2007 Maxine 2007
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USATODAY. com - Swimmer Coughlin poised for pedestal
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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.
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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 2008
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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.
Archive 2010-02-01 Cromsblood 2010
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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.
More Conan Fan Fiction! Cromsblood 2010
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