Synonyms for stance

Grammar : Noun

Spell : stans

Phonetic Transcription : stæns

Top 10 synonyms for stance

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standpoint

Définition of stance

Origin : 1530s, "standing place, station," probably from Middle French stance "resting place, harbor," from Italian stanza "stopping place, station," from Vulgar Latin *stantia "place, abode," from Latin stans (genitive stantis), present participle of stare "to stand," from PIE root *sta- "to stand" (see stet). Sense of "position of the feet" (in golf, etc.) is first recorded 1897; figurative sense of "point of view" is recorded from 1956.

noun position, posture

Example sentences :

Her shoulders drooped a little; there was no grace to her stance.
Extract from : « The Wind Bloweth » by Brian Oswald Donn-Byrne

The stance is not accurate, but it is not bad enough to be fatal in itself.
Extract from : « The Complete Golfer [1905] » by Harry Vardon

There is nothing of my own discovery or invention in my stance for the drive.
Extract from : « The Complete Golfer [1905] » by Harry Vardon

Hugo changed his stance and took the door itself in his hands.
Extract from : « Gladiator » by Philip Wylie

The youngster's stance was perfect, but so was his buck fever.
Extract from : « Double Challenge » by James Arthur Kjelgaard

With rapidly dimming vision, he saw Wilhart assume a stance.
Extract from : « A Thought For Tomorrow » by Robert E. Gilbert

The captain—one McInnes, promoted from the ranks—attended one stance only.
Extract from : « Foe-Farrell » by Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

From his stance he commanded the stair and could see along the corridor as well.
Extract from : « The Black Douglas » by S. R. Crockett

Naturally the stance of the airline at the inquiry directed by the terms of reference was not included expressly in those terms.
Extract from : « Judgments of the Court of Appeal of New Zealand on Proceedings to Review Aspects of the Report of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Mount Erebus Aircraft Disaster » by Sir Owen Woodhouse, R. B. Cooke, Ivor L. M. Richardson, Duncan Wallace McMullin, and Sir Edward Somers

Then with an expert eye he studied his brother's stance and swing.
Extract from : « The Wrong Twin » by Harry Leon Wilson

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