Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - stance
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Stance
stance
noun Etymology: Middle English ~, staunce, from Middle French e~ position, posture, stay, from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *stantia, from Latin stant-, stans, present participle of stare to stand Date: 14th century 1. chiefly Scottish a. station b. site 2. a. a way of standing or being placed ; posture b. intellectual or emotional attitude took an antiwar ~ 3. a. the position of the feet of a golfer or batter preparatory to making a swing b. the position of both body and feet from which an athlete starts or operates
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n. 1 an attitude or position of the body esp. when hitting a ball etc. 2 a standpoint; an attitude of mind. 3 Sc. a site for a market, taxi rank, etc. Etymology: F f. It. stanza: see STANZA ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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3.
1. спорт. стойка; положение ног (гольф, крикет) left-hand stance —- левосторонняя стойка (бокс) 2. поза, положение threatening stance —- угрожающая поза 3. позиция, установка moralizing stance —- морализирование self-interested stance —- эгоистическая позиция he took an antiwar stance —- он выступает против войны a hostile stance towards modern poetry —- враждебное отношение к современной поэзии ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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(stances) 1. Your stance on a particular matter is your attitude to it. The Congress had agreed to reconsider its stance on the armed struggle... = position N-COUNT: usu sing, with supp 2. Your stance is the way that you are standing. (FORMAL) Take a comfortably wide stance and flex your knees a little... = position N-COUNT: usu sing, supp N ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~ n C usually singular 1 an opinion that is stated publicly + on (an uncompromising stance on nuclear disarmament) take/adopt a stance (The President has adopted a tough stance on terrorism.) 2 a position in which you stand, especially when doing a particular activity (a good relaxed stance is essential when skiing) (- compare posture1 (1)) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 1532, "standing place, station," probably from M.Fr. stance "resting place, harbor," from It. stanza "stopping place, station," from V.L. *stantia, from L. stans (gen. stantis), prp. of stare "to stand." Sense of "position of the feet" (in golf, etc.) is first recorded 1897; that of "point of view" in 1956. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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