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posture

/ˈpɑst͡ʃɚ/noun, verb2 syllables

Posture means: capability in terms of personnel and materiel that affect the capacity to fight a war.

Synonyms for posture12

noun, as in capability in terms of personnel and materiel that affect the capacity to fight a war

military capability, military strength, strength, military posture

noun, as in the arrangement of the body and its limbs

noun, as in characteristic way of bearing one's body

noun, as in a rationalized mental attitude

verb, as in assume a posture as for artistic purposes

verb, as in behave affectedly or unnaturally in order to impress others

What does posture mean?6

noun

1

capability in terms of personnel and materiel that affect the capacity to fight a war“we faced an army of great strength”

2

the arrangement of the body and its limbs“he assumed an attitude of surrender”

3

characteristic way of bearing one's body“stood with good posture”

4

a rationalized mental attitude

verb

1

assume a posture as for artistic purposes“We don't know the woman who posed for Leonardo so often”

2

behave affectedly or unnaturally in order to impress others“Don't pay any attention to him — he is always posing to impress his peers!”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Posture in a sentence

  • If you keep using that posture, you'll become a hunchback.fpp
  • Fyodor noticed a security guard standing there, his posture rigid and intense.Amastan
  • A lot of back problems can be attributed to poor sitting posture.patgfisher
  • Proper posture is necessary to maintain good health.mailohilohi
  • Algeria needs to take a more assertive posture in the region.Amastan
  • Your posture makes you look shorter than you actually are.DJ_Saidez
  • Your posture makes you look shorter than you really are.CK
  • Our cats have the posture of a tiger or a lion.Amastan

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of posture

as a noun

plural
postures

as a verb

past tense
postured
present participle
posturing
third-person singular
postures
past participle
postured