POSTURING

Meaning of POSTURING in English

/ ˈpɒstʃərɪŋ; NAmE ˈpɑːs-/ noun

[ U , C ] ( disapproving ) behaviour that is not natural or sincere but is intended to attract attention or to have a particular effect

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

POSTURING — noun ( -s ) Etymology: from gerund of posture (II) : ceremonial pantomiming in China accompanied by music and formerly …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
POSTURING — (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Posture
Английский словарь Webster
POSTURING — ( p. pr. & vb. n. ) of Posture
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
POSTURING — n. ostentatious display of manners; posing, positioning
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
POSTURING — p.pr. & ·vb.n. of posture.
Webster English vocab
POSTURING — noun behave in a way that is intended to impress or mislead others. → posture
Concise Oxford English vocab
POSTURING — pos ‧ tur ‧ ing /ˈpɒstʃərɪŋ $ ˈpɑːs-/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable and countable] formal 1 . when someone pretends …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
POSTURING — see posture
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
POSTURING — see posture
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
POSTURING — noun EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ He dismissed the Senator's comments as "political posturing ." ▪ Ken's muscular posturing in …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
POSTURING — [noun] [U] [disapproving] - behaviour or speech which is intended to attract attention and interest, or to make people believe …
Cambridge English vocab
POSTURING — (n) демонстрация намерений; демонстрация позиции
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
POSTURE — I. noun see: position Date: circa 1586 1. the position or bearing of the body whether characteristic or assumed for …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CATATONIC — adjective Date: 1904 of, relating to, being, resembling, or affected by schizophrenia characterized especially by a marked psychomotor disturbance that …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
KIDERLEN-WÄCHTER, ALFRED VON — born July 10, 1852, Stuttgart, Württemberg died Dec. 30, 1912, Stuttgart German diplomat. A career diplomat, he became foreign secretary …
Английский словарь Британика
TANGO — I. ˈtaŋ(ˌ)gō, ˈtaiŋ- noun ( -s ) Etymology: American Spanish, Negro drum dance, Negro dance and festival, tango, probably of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
POSTURE — I. ˈpäschə(r) noun ( -s ) Etymology: French, from Italian postura, from Latin positura, position, from positus (past participle of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DISMISS — I. də̇ˈsmis verb ( -ed/-ing/-es ) Etymology: modification (influenced by dis- ) of Latin dimissus, past participle of dimittere, from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ARCH — I. ˈärch, ˈȧch noun ( -es ) Etymology: Middle English arche, from Old French, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin arca, from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
POPINJAY — ˈpäpə̇nˌjā noun Etymology: Middle English papejay, papengay, from Middle French papegai, papejai, from Arabic babghā' 1. obsolete : parrot 2. …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TANGO — (n.) A difficult dance in two-four time characterized by graceful posturing, frequent pointing positions, and a great variety of steps, …
Английский словарь Webster
POSTURE — — postural , adj. — posturer , n. /pos"cheuhr/ , n. , v. , postured, posturing . n. 1. the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DISPLAY — — displayer , n. /di splay"/ , v.t. 1. to show or exhibit; make visible: to display a sign. 2. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CATATONIC — adjective Date: 1904 1. : of, relating to, being, resembling, or affected by schizophrenia characterized especially by a marked psychomotor …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TANGO — add. ·noun any of various popular forms derived from this. 2. tango ·add. ·noun a difficult dance in two-four time …
Webster English vocab
POSTURE — ■ noun 1》 a particular position of the body. ↘the way in which a person holds their body. 2》 Zoology …
Concise Oxford English vocab
POSTURE — ( postures, posturing, postured) 1. Your posture is the position in which you stand or sit. You can make your …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
POSTURE — (~s, posturing, ~d) 1. Your ~ is the position in which you stand or sit. You can make your stomach …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
POLITICAL
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PRETENCE — n. 25B6; noun cease this pretence : MAKE-BELIEVE, putting on an act, acting, dissembling, shamming, faking, feigning, simulation, dissimulation, play-acting, …
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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