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What (who) is posture - definition
PHYSICAL CONFIGURATION THAT A HUMAN OR ANIMAL BODY CAN TAKE
Posture (disambiguation); Posturing
posture
(postures, posturing, postured)
1.
Your posture is the position in which you stand or sit.
You can make your stomach look flatter instantly by improving your posture...
Sit in a relaxed upright posture.
N-VAR
2.
A posture is an attitude that you have towards something. (FORMAL)
The military machine is ready to change its defensive posture to one prepared for action...
= position, stance
N-COUNT: usu sing, usu adj N
3.
You can say that someone is posturing when you disapprove of their behaviour because you think they are trying to give a particular impression in order to deceive people. (FORMAL)
She says the President may just be posturing.
VERB: usu cont, V [disapproval]
• posturing
Any calls for a new UN resolution are largely political posturing...
N-UNCOUNT
Posture
·noun Place; position; situation.
II. Posture ·vi Fig.: To assume a character; as, to posture as a saint.
III. Posture ·vi To assume a particular posture or attitude; to contort the body into artificial attitudes, as an acrobat or contortionist; also, to pose.
IV. Posture ·noun State or condition, whether of external circumstances, or of internal feeling and will; disposition; mood; as, a posture of defense; the posture of affairs.
V. Posture ·vt 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.
VI. Posture ·noun 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.
posture
I
n.
1) to assume a posture
2) an erect; good posture
3) a defense; political posture
II
v. (D; intr.) ('to pretend') to posture as
Examples of use of posture
1. Their head posture was rather similar to the head posture of our close relative, the chimpanzee.
2. "Our future posture is still being worked out," he says.
3. "Iran is also careful not to adopt an offensive posture.
4. But such a posture maintains stability in the region.
5. Japan should approach the talks with correct understanding and posture.