stance
IPA: stˈæns
noun
- The manner, pose, or posture in which one stands.
- One's opinion or point of view.
- A place to stand; a position, a site, a station.
- (specifically, climbing) A foothold or ledge on which to set up a belay.
- (Scotland) A place for buses or taxis to await passengers; a bus stop, a taxi rank.
- (Scotland) A place where a fair or market is held; a location where a street trader can carry on business.
- (obsolete, rare) A stanza.
verb
- (transitive, Scotland) To place, to position, to station; (specifically) to put (cattle) into an enclosure or pen in preparation for sale.
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Examples of "stance" in Sentences
- The man maintained a neutral stance.
- I disagree with the quavering stance.
- Is this the official stance of the EU
- It is still the official stance of the group.
- It is the most aggressive stance of the five.
- The simple, unalienable stance that I have is this.
- That is not the official stance of the organization.
- So the GOP stance is to support bankers over voters?
- The longer the rail, the wider the stance of the rider.
- I think your stance is the one the typical liberal claims to take.
- Your stance is an absolute, no room for negotiation, ever, period.
- That the stance of the government may be hypocritical is an opinion.
- The statistics of participation and choice of stance are irrefutable.
- I seems like his stance is the same, he has just tinkered a bit with the numbers and specifics.
- The bottom line her stance is the stance of the majority of Democratic leadership in this country.
- Why am I not surprised that an Obama aide is accepting of an anti-military stance from a college admin?
- So the Republican party's stance is that if he not run as a Republican, he wait for another race to run in?
- But then again, her stance is also easy to understand since Repaublicans hate Americans, they hate America, and only want power so they can continue to piss away all our resources. republican communism is worse
- The key to her stance is her conviction that no utterance can inaugurate an exchange in which it could ensure a return on its speculation: What pledge would guarantee you for me if/I were so generously to set you free?