Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The attitude or position of a standing person or animal, especially the position assumed by an athlete preparatory to action. synonym: posture.
- noun A position or point of view.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To station; place.
- noun A station; a site; an area for building; a position; a stand.
- noun Space; gap; distance.
- noun A stave or stanza.
- noun In golf, the position of a player's feet, in addressing the ball.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete A stanza.
- noun Scot. A station; a position; a site.
- noun (Golf, Baseball) The position of a player's feet, relative to each other and to the ball, when he is making a stroke or at bat.
- noun the mental attitude, position, or approach a person adopts in respect to something.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
manner ,posture , orpose in which onestands . - noun One’s
opinion orpoint of view . - noun obsolete, Scotland A
station ; aposition ; asite . - noun obsolete A
stanza .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun standing posture
- noun a rationalized mental attitude
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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I think your stance is the one the typical liberal claims to take.
Which Religion Does Obama Choose To Honor? « Tai-Chi Policy 2009
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Your stance is an absolute, no room for negotiation, ever, period.
Obama Administration Looks To Reinstate Assault-Weapons Ban 2009
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Your stance is an absolute, no room for negotiation, ever, period.
Obama Administration Looks To Reinstate Assault-Weapons Ban 2009
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But then again, her stance is also easy to understand since Repaublicans hate Americans, they hate America, and only want power so they can continue to piss away all our resources. republican communism is worse
Palin calls for Obama to boycott climate change conference 2009
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I seems like his stance is the same, he has just tinkered a bit with the numbers and specifics.
Obama Pulls Back on Social Security Plan - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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The bottom line her stance is the stance of the majority of Democratic leadership in this country.
Sound Politics: Darcy Burner Wants More Rights for Terrorists 2006
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The key to her stance is her conviction that no utterance can inaugurate an exchange in which it could ensure a return on its speculation: What pledge would guarantee you for me if/I were so generously to set you free?
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Why am I not surprised that an Obama aide is accepting of an anti-military stance from a college admin?
Obama aide defends Kagan over DADT, military recruiting 2010
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So the Republican party's stance is that if he not run as a Republican, he wait for another race to run in?
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So the GOP stance is to support bankers over voters?
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