Dictionary entry

Posture

Pronunciation: /ˈpɒstʃə/

Pronunciation

/ˈpɒstʃə/

Myanmar Meaning

(n) ကိုယ်ဟန်။ ကိုယ်နေဟန်ထား။ ကိုယ်ဟန်။ ရပ်တည်ချက်။ သဘောထား။ ဂိုက်ဖမ်းသည်။

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.