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pose English

Meaning pose meaning

What does pose mean?
Definitions in simple English

pose Noun

— A position or arrangement. What kind of pose is best for this photograph? — An unusual position.

pose Verb

— To set in place. — To ask, set (a test or quiz). The emcee will pose the tie-breaking question. — To maintain a pose. — to strike a pose or a position Will you pose for a photograph? Have you posed for your portrait? Some celebs spend too much time posing for photographs.

pose

— verb introduce This poses an interesting question — verb (= posture) assume a posture as for artistic purposes We don't know the woman who posed for Leonardo so often — verb pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions She posed as the Czar's daughter — noun (= airs) affected manners intended to impress others don't put on airs with me — noun a posture assumed by models for photographic or artistic purposes — verb (= posture) behave affectedly or unnaturally in order to impress others Don't pay any attention to him--he is always posing to impress his peers! She postured and made a total fool of herself — noun (= affectation) a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display — verb (= put, set, place) put into a certain place or abstract location Put your things here Set the tray down Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children Place emphasis on a certain point — verb (= vex, stick, get, beat, bewilder) be a mystery or bewildering to This beats me! Got me--I don't know the answer! a vexing problem This question really stuck me

Synonyms pose synonyms

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pose English » English

posture position attitudinize put on airs stance show off feign affect attitude set model mannerism lay airs sit show put place gesture cause affectation wreak result in puzzle provoke pretend move inflict impersonate give rise to get flaunt affectedness act vex stupefy strike on attitude stir stick stand stage put on an act pretense present plant personate perplex pass oneself off organize nonplus

Topics pose topics

What do people use pose to talk about?
Physical actions

Posture

Conjugation pose conjugation

How do you conjugate pose?

pose · verb

Examples pose examples

How do I use pose in a sentence?

Simple sentences

When you pose a question, you expect an answer.
What's your favorite yoga pose?
What kind of threat do terrorists really pose?
I have a question to pose you.
You pose thought-provoking and important questions.
He takes snapshots. He doesn't ask people to pose.
He only takes candid pictures, so he doesn't ask people to pose.
Many newly-weds come here to pose for romantic photos.
I've forgotten to pose your question to Tom and Mary.
In Ankara, I made clear that America is not - and never will be - at war with Islam. We will, however, relentlessly confront violent extremists who pose a grave threat to our security.
In Ankara, I made clear that the United States is not - and never will be - at war with Islam. We will, however, relentlessly confront violent extremists who pose a grave threat to our security.
If you're serious about solving the problem, then you cannot pose it as a Catch-22.
Tom wanted Mary to pose in the nude for his painting, but she refused to do so.
Don't pose for your picture until the contest is over.
The ravishing beauty queen wearing a blue velvet gown with a plunging neckline struck a pose on the red carpet.

Movie subtitles

Let's go back to that power pose.
Power pose.
The reporter thought of a good idea, to have the Little Fellow pose in his mining clothes.
You see, I have a rather nice figure, and I pose a lot.
A pose, your Excellency.
She will pay you if you will pose for her tonight.
I don't think I'll pose tonight.
I don't want to pose.
See that pose?
Your cynicism is simply a pose.
Being natural is simply a pose. and the most irritating pose I know.
I've always thought your wickedness a pose.
Then all of your cynicism must be nothing but a pose.
It's already been proven that the overclocked become compliant, outstanding humans. They pose no danger to our kind.
You come over and pose for me.
Hold that pose!
You'll be rich and famous. and I'll always pose for you. and we'll have a fine home and children. and we'll grow old together. and every day I'll love you twice as much as I did the day before.
Julie, set the gentleman up for the pose.
Pose pretty, now.
You mustn't miss this. See that pose?
Pose the last stone.
Pose it, i say!
But that shouldn't pose any great difficulty for a couple ofbright lads like you.
He said he was an artist and wanted me to pose for him.
You hired me to pose for you and then you don't even know what kind of a pose you want.
I don't want any pose.
We can't seem to get together on a pose.
I can pose again in a few minutes.
I wonder, sometime, would you pose for one of my sculptors. who does really excellent work?
I assume I shall have the privilege of having her pose for me.
With my hands, and arms and head all arranged in a striking pose.
What the wind and weather of 400 years have obliterated could only have been restored by the faith to will it, the art to execute it, and Providence's gift of models to pose for it.
I want you to pose for an hour every day for two weeks.
The pose is all wrong.

News and current affairs

Differences in indirect taxes such as VAT pose another way in which borders become obstacles to trade.
Other feedback loops pose a similar danger.
But, by aiding the Taliban, Pakistan is playing with fire, because there are now also Pakistani Talibans who pose a threat to Pakistan.
In fact, America's short-term advantages pose the biggest obstacle to its long-term outlook.
A smoother international distribution of power, even in a global system that is less than fully democratic, would pose fewer temptations to abandon the prudent exercise of power.
Will the inexorable rise in medical costs around the world someday pose a major challenge to contemporary capitalism?
Given China's systemic importance to the global economy, instability there could pose major risks far beyond its borders.
But for China's peasants, WTO membership appears to pose a direct and immediate threat to the tremendous gains made since Deng Xiaoping's agricultural reforms in the late 1970s.
For example, the effects of climate change can pose critical risks to infrastructure - agricultural irrigation, public transportation, or nearly anything else.
Even if these initiatives are motivated by party rivalry, they nevertheless pose an essential question: do we know how to ennoble our democracy?
But that time is ending, with energy prices rising and the Belarusian economy facing shocks that could provoke unrest and pose a threat to Lukashenko.
A victorious Russia would pose a potent threat to the Baltic states, with their large ethnic Russian populations.
It might make sense to apply them to banks or hedge funds, but pension funds are highly creditworthy institutions that pose little or no systemic risk to financial markets.
Anti-dumping measures are frequently used against products that are simply so cheap that they pose a threat to European producers, even though that is no more than fair competition.
A nuclear-armed Iran would change the entire region's security environment, and, given the enmity between Israel and Iran, two such nuclear powers facing off against each other would pose a threat.
Arguing that short-range devices pose no risk to the American homeland, US negotiators plan to press for reductions in follow-on talks.
The pressure on African governments to enact legislation against terrorism may pose new threats to civil liberties at the very moment when democratization is gathering momentum.
Nor should his requests for sovereignty safeguards pose too much of a problem.
The cancers either were growing so slowly that they did not pose a problem, or they would have been treated successfully if discovered clinically later (or they were so aggressive that little could be done).
Messrs. Bush, Rumsfeld, Cheney and Wolfowitz like to pose as realists, but just how realistic is such thinking?
Systemic risks drive most crises, and pose a challenge for several reasons.
As long as protests remain local, however, they can be managed as isolated cases that won't pose a broader challenge or spark a movement toward systemic change.
Rare-earth ores in southern China - all except for those in Inner Mongolia - contain radioactive substances that pose significant threats to human health and the environment.

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