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posture
What does posture mean?
posture (noun): the arrangement of the body and its limbs.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you pronounce posture?
/ˈpɑstʃɚ/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does posture come from?
Borrowed from Middle French posture, from Italian postura, from Latin positūra (“position, situation”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to posture
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “posture” mean?
a cooperative unit (especially in sports)
Not quite: that's what team means.
a motive for an action or a determination
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the arrangement of the body and its limbs
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a flow of electricity through a conductor
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