Dictionary entry

Posturing

Pronunciation: /ˈpɒstʃə/

Pronunciation

/ˈpɒstʃə/

Myanmar Meaning

(n) ဂိုက်ပေးခြင်း။

Definition

posture /'pɒstʃǝ(r)/ n ၁။ (က) [C usu sing ] ကိုယ္ဟန္။ ကိုယ္ေနဟန္ထား။ an awkward/ slumped posture ❍ hi composed/ dignified posture. (ခ) [U] ကိုယ္ဟန္။ correcting sb's posture ❍ She has very good posture. ၂။ [C] ရပ္တည္ခ်က္။ သေဘာထား။ The newly-elected government has adopted an uncompromising/ a defensive posture on the issue of immigration. Compare STANCE v ဂိုက္ဖမ္းသည္။ He postured as a political activist. ❏ posturing /'pɒstʃǝrÇŋ/ n [U,C esp pl ] ( derog ) ဂိုက္ေပးျခင္း။ the political posturings of recent weeks ❍ The unions need to stop all this posturing and get down to serious talking.

Examples

  1. Exercise can improve your posture.
  2. Both sides adopted aggressive postures in the most recent negotiations.