Definitions for STANCE
stænsstance

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. stancenoun

   standing posture

2. position, stance, posturenoun

   a rationalized mental attitude

GCIDERate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Stancenoun

   the mental attitude, position, or approach a person adopts in respect to something.

2. Stancenoun

   (Golf, Baseball) The position of a player's feet, relative to each other and to the ball, when he is making a stroke or at bat.

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.5 / 2 votes

1. stancenoun

   The manner, posture, or pose in which one stands.

   The fencer's stance showed he was ready to begin.

2. stancenoun

   One's opinion or point of view.

   I don't agree with your stance on gun control.

3. Etymology: Via, from stanza, from stare.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. stance

   Stance refers to a person's mental, emotional, or physical position or perspective towards a particular subject, situation, or event. It can also refer to the way in which someone stands, especially when consciously adopted for a specific purpose.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Stancenoun

   a stanza

2. Stancenoun

   a station; a position; a site

3. Etymology: [OF. estance. See Stanza.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Stance

   stans, n. (Scot.) a station, site, stand.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. STANCE

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Stance is ranked #144141 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Stance surname appeared 115 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Stance.
   
   72.1% or 83 total occurrences were Black.
   22.6% or 26 total occurrences were White.

Matched Categories

1. • Position

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'STANCE' in Nouns Frequency: #1953

Anagrams for STANCE »

1. ascent

2. enacts

3. secant

How to pronounce STANCE?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say STANCE in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of STANCE in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of STANCE in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of STANCE in a Sentence

1. Jim Mattis:

   This decision was taken to create space for our diplomats to negotiate strongly and increasing the prospects for a peaceful solution on the peninsula, at the same time, we maintain a strong collaborative defensive stance to ensure our diplomats continue to negotiate from a position of unquestioned strength.

2. Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan:

   We are making the same call to both countries for issues to be resolved peacefully, we are not picking sides between the countries. Our stance is clear: balanced and constructive.

3. Jerome Powell:

   We think our policy stance is appropriate at the moment; we don't see a strong case for moving it in either direction.

4. William Wallace:

   The CPSC took a strong and principled stance for safety, and clearly that's what made Peloton come to the table and agree to offer a full refund, the CPSC shouldn't have required so much time and effort to get this product recalled.

5. Robert Kaplan:

   I was concerned coming out of the December meeting that maybe we weren't in the right place, or we weren't communicating the appropriate stance. I think to our credit, we rectified that.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=STANCE
2. ^ GCIDE
   https://gcide.gnu.org.ua/?q=STANCE
3. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Stance
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/STANCE
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=STANCE
7. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html