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Grammar : Noun
Spell : stans
Phonetic Transcription : stæns

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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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