What is the meaning of posture?

noun

  • The arrangement of the body and its limbs.
    • usage: "he assumed an attitude of surrender"
  • Characteristic way of bearing one's body.
    • usage: "stood with good posture"
  • A rationalized mental attitude.
  • Capability in terms of personnel and materiel that affect the capacity to fight a war.
    • usage: "we faced an army of great strength"; "politicians have neglected our military posture"

verb

  • Behave affectedly or unnaturally in order to impress others.
    • usage: "Don't pay any attention to him-he is always posing to impress his peers"; "She postured and made a total fool of herself"
  • Assume a posture as for artistic purposes.
    • usage: "We don't know the woman who posed for Leonardo so often"
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APAWordNet. (2010). posture. Retrieved September 20, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/posture/definitions/1303422
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