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stance
English
Etymology
From Middle English staunce (“place to stand; battle station; position; standing in society; circumstance, situation; stanchion”), from Old French estance (“predicament; situation; sojourn, stay”) (compare modern French stance (“stanza; position one stands in when golfing”)), from Italian stanza (“room, standing place; stanza”), from Latin st?ns (“standing; remaining, staying”), from Latin st? (“to stand; to remain, stay”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *steh?- (“to stand (up)”). The word is cognate with Spanish estante (“shelf”).
The verb is derived from the noun.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /st??ns/, /stæns/
- Rhymes: -??ns
- (General American) IPA(key): /stæns/
- Rhymes: -æns
Noun
stance (plural stances)
- The manner, pose, or posture in which one stands.
- One's opinion or point of view.
- Synonyms: position, posture, stand
- A place to stand; a position, a site, a station.
- (specifically, climbing) A foothold or ledge on which to set up a belay.
- (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.
- Synonym: stand
- (Scotland) A place where a fair or market is held; a location where a street trader can carry on business.
- Synonym: stand
- (obsolete, rare) A stanza.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
stance (third-person singular simple present stances, present participle stancing, simple past and past participle stanced)
- (transitive, Scotland) To place, to position, to station; (specifically) to put (cattle) into an enclosure or pen in preparation for sale.
References
Further reading
- stance (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- stance in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- stance in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- ascent, casten, enacts, scante, secant
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stances
English
Noun
stances
- plural of stance
Anagrams
- ascents, catness, cessant, secants
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