What does stance mean?
Definitions for stance
stænsstance
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word stance.
Princeton's WordNet
stancenoun
standing posture
position, stance, posturenoun
a rationalized mental attitude
GCIDE
Stancenoun
the mental attitude, position, or approach a person adopts in respect to something.
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.
Wiktionary
stancenoun
The manner, posture, or pose in which one stands.
The fencer's stance showed he was ready to begin.
stancenoun
One's opinion or point of view.
I don't agree with your stance on gun control.
Etymology: Via, from stanza, from stare.
Webster Dictionary
Stancenoun
a stanza
Stancenoun
a station; a position; a site
Etymology: [OF. estance. See Stanza.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Stance
stans, n. (Scot.) a station, site, stand.
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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
China's government is pushing forward the 'supply side' reform, and the move needs someone to pay the costs. A loosening monetary environment is what we need, we believe the central government will keep its loosening policy stance this year to support the economy.
It appears investors have taken a stance to take advantage of the extended downside move of the market, all the money that has come out of oil needs to find a home. Money is systematically being forced into equities, for example, out of energy into technology.
There's a heightened degree of sensitivity around the relationship right now, on a range of issues with China this government has signalled it's taking a different stance to its predecessor, so I think people are waiting to see if and how Beijing responds.
Deputy Prime Minister Bekir Bozdag:
We do not have a united policy with the United States on the YPG issue, and Turkey's stance has not changed. We are also against the unconditional support for the (Syrian) regime and we are at odds with Iran and Russia on this.
There may be rising scope of the BOJ (Bank of Japan) considering a more aggressive policy stance later on, it must still be kept in mind that inflation expectations as measured by five-year inflation swaps remain close to multi-year lows and that Governor (Haruhiko) Kuroda appears to make a bigger case of additional measures being considered should it prove necessary.
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Translations for stance
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- postoj, pohled, názorCzech
- Positur, Verhältnis, Haltung, Einstellung, Standpunkt, point de vueGerman
- στάσηGreek
- posturaSpanish
- روش ايستادن - طرز ايستادنPersian
- asento, näkökanta, kanta, asennoituminen, asenneFinnish
- attitude, posture, positionFrench
- seasamhScottish Gaelic
- मुद्राHindi
- punto di vista, posizione, opinione, posturaItalian
- 態度, 姿勢, 立場Japanese
- opinie, standpunt, houdingDutch
- kroppsholdning, standpunktNorwegian
- stanowiskoPolish
- posição, posturaPortuguese
- pozițieRomanian
- поза, взгляд, стойка, отношение, позиция, положение, точка зренияRussian
- kroppsställning, ståndpunktSwedish
- duruşTurkish
- quan điểmVietnamese
- 姿態Chinese
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