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English to English noun
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the arrangement of the body and its limbs |  | Example: he assumed an attitude of surrender
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characteristic way of bearing one's body | | Example: stood with good posture
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a rationalized mental attitude | | source: wordnet30
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capability in terms of personnel and materiel that affect the capacity to fight a war | | Example: we faced an army of great strength
politicians have neglected our military posture
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The position of the body; the situation or disposition of the several parts of the body with respect to each other, or for a particular purpose; especially (Fine Arts), the position of a figure with regard to the several principal members by which action is expressed; attitude. | | source: webster1913 verb
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behave affectedly or unnaturally in order to impress others | | Example: Don't pay any attention to him--he is always posing to impress his peers!
She postured and made a total fool of herself
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assume a posture as for artistic purposes | | Example: We don't know the woman who posed for Leonardo so often
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To place in a particular position or attitude; to dispose the parts of, with reference to a particular purpose; as, to posture one's self; to posture a model. | | source: webster1913
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To assume a particular posture or attitude; to contort the body into artificial attitudes, as an acrobat or contortionist; also, to pose. | | source: webster1913
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