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pose1 (pəʊz) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb (often foll by as) | |
| 1. | to assume or cause to assume a physical attitude, as for a photograph or painting |
| 2. | to pretend to be or present oneself (as something one is not) |
| 3. | (intr) to affect an attitude or play a part in order to impress others |
| 4. | (tr) to put forward, ask, or assert: to pose a question |
| —n | |
| 5. | a physical attitude, esp one deliberately adopted for or represented by an artist or photographer |
| 6. | a mode of behaviour that is adopted for effect |
| [C14: from Old French poser to set in place, from Late Latin pausāre to cease, put down (influenced by Latin pōnere to place)] | |
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| pose2 (pəʊz) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | rare to puzzle or baffle |
| 2. | archaic to question closely |
| [C16: from obsolete appose, from Latin appōnere to put to, set against; see | |
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
pose
"put in a certain position," late 14c., "suggest, propose, suppose, assume," from O.Fr. poser "put, place, propose," a term in debating, from L.L. pausare "to halt, rest, pause" (see pause). The O.Fr. verb acquired the sense of L. ponere "to put, place," by confusion of the
similar stems. Sense of "to assume a certain attitude" is from 1850; the trans. sense (as an artist's model, etc.) is from 1859. The noun meaning "act of posing the body" is from 1818; its sense of "attitudinize" is from 1840. Poser "one who practices an affected attitude" is from 1881; revived in teen-ager slang 1980s.
pose
"to puzzle, confuse, perplex," 1593, earlier "question, interrogate" (1526), probably from M.Fr. poser "suppose, assume," from O.Fr. poser (see pose (v.1)). Also in some cases a shortening of Eng. appose "examine closely," and oppose. Poser "question that puzzles" is from 1793.
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Example sentences
Jaeger's head is aslant and his eyes jut forward in a pose both arrogant and dissolute.
The first is the idea that somehow computer achievements pose some sort of threat or challenge to human beings.
They pose a question, and they give a satisfying answer.
But there he was in that trite pose, feet in the air, as if arranged on the sink top for her to find him.
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