| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| PRONUNCIATION: |  st ns |
| NOUN: | 1. The attitude or position of a standing person or animal, especially the position assumed by an athlete preparatory to action. See synonyms at posture. 2. Mental posture; point of view: “Peru … has also toughened its stance toward foreign investors” (Abraham F. Lowenthal). | | ETYMOLOGY: | French, position, from Italian stanza, from Vulgar Latin *stantia, from Latin st ns, stant-, present participle of stre, to stand. See st- in Appendix I.
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