stance
The manner, pose, or posture in which one stands.
Noun 4 meanings
The manner, pose, or posture in which one stands.
“The fencer’s stance showed he was ready to begin.”
One's opinion or point of view.
“I don’t agree with your stance on gun control.”
A place to stand; a position, a site, a station.
A place for buses or taxis to await passengers; a bus stop, a taxi rank.
Verb 1 meaning
To place, to position, to station; (specifically) to put (cattle) into an enclosure or pen in preparation for sale.
Etymology
From Middle English staunce (“place to stand; battle station; position; standing in society; circumstance, situation; stanchion”), from Old French estance (“predicament; situation; sojourn, stay”) (compare modern French stance (“stanza; position one stands in when golfing”)), from Italian stanza (“room, standing place; stanza”), from Vulgar Latin *stantia, from Latin stō (“to stand; to remain, stay”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“to stand (up)”).
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STANCE at a glance
STANCE has 6 letters and scores 8 points in Scrabble (S 1 + T 1 + A 1 + N 1 + C 3 + E 1) and 10 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #6,525 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with stance
All rhymes- SINCE7
- ONCE6
- EXPERIENCE21
- CHANCE13
- PERFORMANCE20
- EVIDENCE14
- SCIENCE11
- CONFERENCE17
- DIFFERENCE19
- INSURANCE11
- DANCE8
- DISTANCE11
One letter away
- SEANCE8
- STANCH11
- STANZE15
- STANCK12
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