stance

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim The manner, pose, or posture in which one stands.

   “The fencer’s stance showed he was ready to begin.”

2. isim One's opinion or point of view.

   “I don’t agree with your stance on gun control.”

3. isim A place to stand; a position, a site, a station.

   “No! sooner may the Saxon lance / Unfix Benledi from his stance, / Than doubt or terror can pierce through / The unyielding heart of Robert Dhu; […]”

4. isim A foothold or ledge on which to set up a belay.

   “In a harness belay, the stance itself is the belayer's first line of defense, reducing the load the anchor must hold. The anchor in this case serves as little more than a backup (albeit a critical one) to the stance.”

5. isim A place for buses or taxis to await passengers; a bus stop, a taxi rank.
6. isim A place where a fair or market is held; a location where a street trader can carry on business.
7. isim A stanza.

   “Other Muſique, and voyces; and this ſecond Stance was ſung, directing their obſeruance to the King. […] This ended the Phœbades ſung the third Stance.”

8. fiil To place, to position, to station; (specifically) to put (cattle) into an enclosure or pen in preparation for sale.

   “Rob Roy ſtood watch / On a hill for to catch / The booty for ought that I ſa', man, / For he ne'er advanced, / From the place he was ſtanc'd, / 'Till no more to do there at a' man, […]”