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stance
/stæns/
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What does stance mean?
noun
- The manner, pose, or posture in which one stands.
- One's opinion or point of view.
- A place to stand; a position, a site, a station.
More meanings (5)
noun
- A foothold or ledge on which to set up a belay.
- A place for buses or taxis to await passengers; a bus stop, a taxi rank.
- A place where a fair or market is held; a location where a street trader can carry on business.
- (obsolete, rare) A stanza.
verb
- To place, to position, to station; (specifically) to put (cattle) into an enclosure or pen in preparation for sale.
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IPA pronunciation
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We commenced beating up by the Batan or cattle stance, near which we had seen the big tiger, the preceding evening.
The "cannon-ball" service is nothing but a slice as regards swing and stance, but it is hit with a flat racquet face, thus imparting no spin to the ball.
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That will be a strange moment for the cabmen on the stance besides St. Giles’s, when they hear the drone of his pipes reascending from the bowels of the earth below their horses’ feet.