What does stance mean?
Definitions for stance
stænsstance
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word stance.
Princeton's WordNet
stance(noun)
standing posture
position, stance, posture(noun)
a rationalized mental attitude
GCIDE
Stance(n.)
the mental attitude, position, or approach a person adopts in respect to something.
Stance(n.)
(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.
Origin: [OF. estance. See Stanza.]
Wiktionary
stance(Noun)
The manner, posture, or pose in which one stands.
The fencer's stance showed he was ready to begin.
stance(Noun)
One's opinion or point of view.
I don't agree with your stance on gun control.
Origin: Via , from stanza, from stare.
Webster Dictionary
Stance(noun)
a stanza
Stance(noun)
a station; a position; a site
Origin: [OF. estance. See Stanza.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Stance
stans, n. (Scot.) a station, site, stand.
British National Corpus
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'stance' in Nouns Frequency: #1953
Anagrams for stance »
ascent
enacts
secant
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of stance in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of stance in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of stance in a Sentence
It is a very strong stance by DFA.
My stance on immigration has been consistent.
There's no change in our stance on resuming whaling.
I sacrificed my philosophical stance in that moment.
She may have saved the European Union with her stance.
Popularity rank by frequency of use
Translations for stance
From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary
- postoj, pohled, názorCzech
- Einstellung, Haltung, Verhältnis, Standpunkt, point de vue, PositurGerman
- στάσηGreek
- posturaSpanish
- روش ايستادن - طرز ايستادنPersian
- kanta, asennoituminen, näkökanta, asento, asenneFinnish
- position, posture, attitudeFrench
- seasamhScottish Gaelic
- मुद्राHindi
- postura, posizione, opinione, punto di vistaItalian
- 態度, 立場, 姿勢Japanese
- houding, standpunt, opinieDutch
- kroppsholdning, standpunktNorwegian
- stanowiskoPolish
- postura, posiçãoPortuguese
- точка зрения, положение, позиция, отношение, стойка, поза, взглядRussian
- ståndpunkt, kroppsställningSwedish
- duruşTurkish
- quan điểmVietnamese
- 姿態Chinese
Get even more translations for stance »
Translation
Find a translation for the stance definition in other languages:
Select another language:
- - Select -
- 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
- 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
- Español (Spanish)
- Esperanto (Esperanto)
- 日本語 (Japanese)
- Português (Portuguese)
- Deutsch (German)
- العربية (Arabic)
- Français (French)
- Русский (Russian)
- ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
- 한국어 (Korean)
- עברית (Hebrew)
- Український (Ukrainian)
- اردو (Urdu)
- Magyar (Hungarian)
- मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
- Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Italiano (Italian)
- தமிழ் (Tamil)
- Türkçe (Turkish)
- తెలుగు (Telugu)
- ภาษาไทย (Thai)
- Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
- Čeština (Czech)
- Polski (Polish)
- Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Românește (Romanian)
- Nederlands (Dutch)
- Ελληνικά (Greek)
- Latinum (Latin)
- Svenska (Swedish)
- Dansk (Danish)
- Suomi (Finnish)
- فارسی (Persian)
- ייִדיש (Yiddish)
- հայերեն (Armenian)
- Norsk (Norwegian)
- English (English)
Discuss these stance definitions with the community:
Word of the Day
Would you like us to send you a FREE new word definition delivered to your inbox daily?
Citation
Use the citation below to add this definition to your bibliography:
"stance." Definitions.net. STANDS4 LLC, 2020. Web. 19 Jan. 2020. <https://www.definitions.net/definition/stance>.
