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stance


Main Entry: stance
Pronunciation: \ˈstan(t)s\
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English stance, staunce, from Middle French estance position, posture, stay, from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *stantia, from Latin stant-, stans, present participle of stare to stand
Date: 14th century

1 chiefly Scottish a : station b : site
2 a : a way of standing or being placed : posture b : intellectual or emotional attitude <took an antiwar stance>
3 a : the position of the feet of a golfer or batter preparatory to making a swing b : the position of both body and feet from which an athlete starts or operates


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