Stance

//stæns//

Synonyms for "stance" (154 found)

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Closest matches (31)

Noun(3 words)
positionposturestand

Strong matches (46)

Related words (77)

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6 relation types

More general

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Synonyms

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derived

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has context

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is a

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related to

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Translations

76 translations across 25 languages.

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Arabic

1 entries
  • مَوْقِف noun (manner, pose, or posture in which one stands)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • пози́ция noun (opinion or point of view)
  • сто́йка noun (manner, pose, or posture in which one stands)

Catalan

1 entries
  • positura noun (manner, pose, or posture in which one stands)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 姿勢 /姿势 noun (manner, pose, or posture in which one stands)
  • 姿態 /姿态 noun (opinion or point of view)
  • 態度 /态度 noun (opinion or point of view)
  • 立場 /立场 noun (opinion or point of view)

Czech

4 entries
  • názor noun (opinion or point of view)
  • pohled noun (opinion or point of view)
  • postoj noun (manner, pose, or posture in which one stands)
  • postoj noun (opinion or point of view)

Dutch

3 entries
  • houding noun (manner, pose, or posture in which one stands)
  • opinie noun (opinion or point of view)
  • standpunt noun (opinion or point of view)

Finnish

4 entries
  • asenne noun (opinion or point of view)
  • asennoituminen noun (opinion or point of view)
  • asento noun (manner, pose, or posture in which one stands)
  • kanta noun (opinion or point of view)

French

4 entries
  • attitude noun (opinion or point of view)
  • point de vue noun (opinion or point of view)
  • position noun (manner, pose, or posture in which one stands)
  • position noun (opinion or point of view)

German

4 entries
  • Einstellung noun (manner, pose, or posture in which one stands)
  • Einstellung noun (opinion or point of view)
  • Haltung noun (opinion or point of view)
  • Positur noun (manner, pose, or posture in which one stands)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • állás noun (manner, pose, or posture in which one stands)
  • állásfoglalás noun (opinion or point of view)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • afstaða noun (opinion or point of view)

Italian

4 entries
  • istanza noun (opinion or point of view)
  • opinione noun (opinion or point of view)
  • posizione noun (opinion or point of view)
  • postura noun (manner, pose, or posture in which one stands)

Japanese

3 entries
  • 姿勢 noun (opinion or point of view)
  • 態度 noun (opinion or point of view)
  • 立場 noun (opinion or point of view)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • kroppsholdning noun (manner, pose, or posture in which one stands)
  • standpunkt noun (opinion or point of view)

Polish

2 entries
  • postawa noun (manner, pose, or posture in which one stands)
  • stanowisko noun (opinion or point of view)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • posição noun (manner, pose, or posture in which one stands)
  • posição noun (opinion or point of view)
  • postura noun (manner, pose, or posture in which one stands)
  • postura noun (opinion or point of view)

Romanian

2 entries
  • postură noun (manner, pose, or posture in which one stands)
  • poziție noun (manner, pose, or posture in which one stands)

Russian

4 entries
  • взгляд noun (opinion or point of view)
  • отноше́ние noun (opinion or point of view)
  • по́за noun (manner, pose, or posture in which one stands)
  • пози́ция noun (manner, pose, or posture in which one stands)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • seasamh noun (opinion or point of view)

Spanish

3 entries
  • parecer noun (opinion or point of view)
  • postura noun (manner, pose, or posture in which one stands)
  • postura noun (opinion or point of view)

Swedish

2 entries
  • kroppsställning noun (manner, pose, or posture in which one stands)
  • ståndpunkt noun (opinion or point of view)

Thai

1 entries
  • จุดยืน noun (opinion or point of view)

Turkish

2 entries
  • duruş noun (manner, pose, or posture in which one stands)
  • pozisyon noun (opinion or point of view)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • quan điểm noun (opinion or point of view)

Welsh

4 entries
  • safbwynt noun (opinion or point of view)
  • safiad noun (manner, pose, or posture in which one stands)
  • safiad noun (place to stand)
  • safle noun (place to stand)

Sample sentences

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Western countries are jumping on Japan for its stance on the issue.

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He took an uncertain stance.

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Their shoulders are strong no matter what stance they are in so they can throw back to the pitcher well.

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I wanted to know what our general stance is on adding machine translations?

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