stance

English

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Etymology

Via French, from Italian stanza (“standing place”), from Latin stāre (“to stand”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /stɑːns/
• Rhymes: -ɑːns
• (US) IPA: /stæns/

Noun

stance (plural stances)

1. The manner, posture, or pose in which one stands.

   The fencer’s stance showed he was ready to begin.

2. One’s opinion or point of view.

   I don’t agree with your stance on gun control.

Synonyms

• opinion
• position
• stand

Translations

manner, posture, or pose in which one stands

Czech: postoj (cs) m. Dutch: houding (nl) f. Finnish: asento (fi) Italian: postura (it)

Portuguese: postura (pt) f., posição (pt) f. Russian: поза (ru) f., стойка (ru) f. Spanish: postura (es) f.

opinion or point of view

Czech: postoj (cs) m. Dutch: standpunt (nl) n., opinie (nl) f. Finnish: asenne, asennoituminen, kanta, näkökanta Italian: opinione (it) f., punto di vista (it) m.

Polish: stanowisko (pl) n. Portuguese: postura (pt) f., posição (pt) f. Russian: позиция (ru) f., взгляд (ru) m. Vietnamese: quan điểm (vi)

External links

• stance in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• stance in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Anagrams

• ascent
• enacts
• secant