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tʃər noun
1.
the relative disposition of the parts of something.
2.
the position of the limbs or the carriage of the body as a whole: poor posture; a sitting posture.
3.
an affected or unnatural attitude: He struck a comic posture.
4.
a mental or spiritual attitude: His ideas reveal a defensive posture.
5.
one's image or policy as perceived by the public, other nations, etc.: The company wants to develop a more aggressive marketing posture.
verb (used with object)
7.
to place in a particular posture or attitude.
8.
to position, especially strategically: to posture troops along a border.
9.
to develop a policy or stance for (oneself, a company, government, etc.): The White House postured itself for dealing with the fuel crisis.
10.
to adopt an attitude or take an official position on (a matter): The company postured that the court's ruling could be interpreted as being in its favor.
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verb (used without object)
11.
to assume a particular posture.
12.
to assume affected or unnatural postures, as by bending or contorting the body.
13.
to act in an affected or artificial manner, as to create a certain impression.
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posture (ˈpɒstʃə) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a position or attitude of the limbs or body |
| 2. | a characteristic manner of bearing the body; carriage: to have good posture |
| 3. | the disposition of the parts of a visible object |
| 4. | a mental attitude or frame of mind |
| 5. | a state, situation, or condition |
| 6. | a false or affected attitude; pose |
| —vb | |
| 7. | to assume or cause to assume a bodily position or attitude |
| 8. | (intr) to assume an affected or unnatural bodily or mental posture; pose |
| [C17: via French from Italian postura, from Latin positūra, from pōnere to place] | |
| 'postural | |
| —adj | |
| 'posturer | |
| —n | |
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
posture
1605, from Fr. posture (16c.), from It. postura "position, posture," from L. positura "position, station," from postulus, pp. of ponere "put, place" (see position). The verb, in the fig. sense of "to take up an artificial mental position" is attested from 1877. Posturpedic
trademark name (Sealy, Inc., Chicago) for a brand of mattress, filed in 1951.
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
posture pos·ture (pŏs'chər)
n.
A position of the body or of body parts.
A characteristic or prescribed way of bearing one's body; carriage.
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Example sentences
Many display a physical posture-elegant, erect-probably unknown to them in their day-to-day lives.
So, by definition, there can be no perfect workplace posture and no perfect chair.
Poor walking posture increases fatigue and invites injuries.
The scientists say that this posture reflects an intermediate stage in the evolution of limbs from fish fins.
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