STANCE


Meaning of STANCE in English

/stans/ , n.

1. the position or bearing of the body while standing: legs spread in a wide stance; the threatening stance of the bull.

2. a mental or emotional position adopted with respect to something: They assumed an increasingly hostile stance in their foreign policy.

3. Sports. the relative position of the feet, as in addressing a golf ball or in making a stroke.

[ 1525-35; estance (standing) position stantia, deriv. of L stant- (s. of stans ), prp. of stare to STAND ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .